re: Will there ever be a greater pitcher than Nolan Ryan in the modern era?

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He's become underrated because so many people really

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I agree, even though I lmao at the OP. He may be hitting Jeter territory in this respect. It became so cool to hate on Jeter--and I was guilty of this myself--mainly because of how much better ARod and for a short time Nomar were, that he became so overrated, he's underrated. He's the poster boy of this.

And there were so many Texans who emotionally put Ryan on this pedestal, that we take it upon ourselves to shame them( and they can't really be taken seriously), sometimes we gloss over just how good Ryan was. He's not top 5 or probably even 10, but he was damn good for an incredibly long time. That has value. Let's say you're the Yankees, who will almost always be competitive. Would you take Sandy Koufak's 4-5 years of dominance or 27 years of Nolan Ryan?