"San Francisco Giants pitcher Randy Johnson isn't accustomed to having fastballs blown by him; let alone two thrown by a 5-year-old.

But the 6-foot-10 Livermore native deserves some slack, he isn't normally on the receiving end of pitches and it's a long way down for him to get into the catcher's position.

Evelyn Pizer also unloaded the first pitch before the Giants pitcher, nicknamed "The Big Unit," was ready.

The pitches ended a ceremony hosted by a number of sponsors to have a newly finished baseball field at May Nissen Park named in Johnson's honor.

And Johnson, 45, would not changed anything that happened Tuesday.

"Anybody should be flattered to have something named after them," said Johnson, a 1982 graduate of Livermore High School. "This doesn't compare with anything from a professional standpoint."

That is saying a lot coming from someone who has totaled the second highest career strikeouts (4,869) and is consider among the best pitchers to ever play.

The Giants Community Fund, Chevron, the Good Tidings Foundation and Johnson contributed more than $200,000 to upgrade the 58-year field across from Marylin Avenue Elementary School.

In a six-week period, dugouts, infield soil, irrigation, concrete work, a new backstop and four oak trees were installed for Tuesday's celebration."