Drop everything and watch this 1994 Mariners commercial starring knife-thrower Randy Johnson
NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1994: Randy Johnson #51 of the Seattle Mariners pitches against the New York Yankees during an American League game circa 1994 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by John Klein/MLB Photos via Getty Images)
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Randy Johnson has accomplished a lot in his career. A Hall of Famer, he's also a five-time Cy Young Award winner who's racked up 4,875 career strikeouts and an MLB-record 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings. Once, he even hit a home run:
But his greatest accomplishment of all may not be any of those things. No, there's a strong possibility that it's actually his performance in this Mariners commercial from 1994, which (helpfully) is first in this compilation of classic Seattle ads:
This commercial has everything: A weird nickname, The Big Unit wearing a spangled vest with high waisted pants and genuine concern for the girl who's having knives thrown at her. After all, we all remember this:
