COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Back in 1985, when Randy Johnson was just a hard-throwing wild left-hander struggling in the Class A New York-Penn League, he visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame with some teammates during a road trip.
Thirty years later and too many awards to count, Johnson is just a few days away from being enshrined in that same Hall of Fame.
Following his election in January, Johnson made a return visit to Cooperstown for a private tour of the Hall, and since then has been working on the tough task of crafting his speech for Sunday's induction ceremony.