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MadBum of '14 gets my nod if I had to have one game to win a series on short days notice. Dude had the best postseason run in history that year. He was literally unhittable after throwing 300 pitches in 4 days.
Hard to judge Doc. Blow may have been his hidden secret like steroids were for Bonds.
Some powerlifters and bodybuilders used blow in the 1960s and 70s as a preworkout.
@kelly_b I'll join you in honoring/remembering Frank Robinson. One minor quibble though. Lots of people demand respect, whether they deserve it or not. In Robinson's case, the word is command.
I’ll stick to my lifetime.
Rotation:
Maddux, Steve Carlton, Pedro Martinez, Clayton Kershaw, and Roger Clemens
Long Relief: Dennis Eckersley
Closers: Mariano Rivera and Kimbrel
Another bit of interesting trivia. Warren Spahn has the most complete games pitched post WWII with 382. Greg Maddux has 109. The most by an active pitcher is just 38 by CC Sabathia.
That gets to the most radical change to the game in the past 100 years.
Also, give me Rollie Fingers for long relief. He could as easily pitch 6 innings as a 1 inning save.
Yea I missed that part when I originally wrote it. I figured since I specified their specific time frame I'd get a pass ;)
One season - I'd go with Ron Guidry, 1978. 25-3, 1.74 ERA, 16 complete games, 9 shutouts. Louisiana lightning was pretty good that year.
Smoltz and Gibson are both good options, would never argue against either.
I was a little on the younger side during Gibson's dominant seasons. Back then (pre-cable days) I never saw him on TV since I grew up watching the local American League team. But used to devour every story I could about him back in those days as I lived for baseball in those years. Fearsome pitcher.
Will come clean and admit that while I am in awe of his talent and achievements, I'm not a big fan of Smoltz. But I would not argue at all that he should be on the short list.
What a great season that was, and Guidry was so small and thin he had to jump around in the shower just to get wet. But man did he bring it. If memory serves me correctly -- Guidry's '78 season is widely credited with starting the tradition of fans standing and cheering when a pitcher gets two strikes on a hitter.
@dawghouse Just out of curiosity, why are you not a fan of Smoltz?
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We have mutual friends and I've been in his company. I'll leave it at that.
Interesting. Sorry to hear that.
EDIT: To be fair, a lot of these guys are (or were) probably not the best company. Perhaps even the majority of them.
Excellent post, @WCDawg - Also the Fingers bit is intriguing as well.
@Kasey - No worries at all. There have been times when I misread or overlooked something. It ain't no biggie.
@AnotherDawg @dawghouse - Sometimes it just flat out sux to meet your heroes. Or someone you've at least admired. I mentioned Pat Dye once here on the board, but there are plenty of artists and musicians I've met who qualify for the "I wish that would have never happened" category.
Great posts everyone. Loving it. Getting me psyched for spring.
Fun thread @kelly_b , enjoyed following it.