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Randy Johnson blazed elite trail to Hall of Fame

Randy Johnson discusses how he prepared to pitch, memories of his father and how Jerry Colangelo got him to sign with Arizona. azcentral sports

The Randy Johnson who arrived in Arizona in 1999, fearsome and scowling and dominant, was a finished product. The Diamondbacks plucked him off the free-agent shelf and plugged him into their rotation, watching him win four Cy Young awards, lead them to a World Series title and chart his course to Cooperstown, N.Y., where he’ll be inducted Sunday into baseball's Hall of Fame.

But what Diamondbacks fans missed was a transformation as incredible as it was historic.