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re: IYO, who had the greatest peak in sports history?
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:26 am to dabigfella
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:26 am to dabigfella
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I'm not overlooking koufax completely but Pedro was ridiculous, I don't think you remember him.
I remember Pedro. Pedro was close.
Almost everybody on here is talking about people they saw and are clearly influenced by the "instant history," "best performance ever," list-making mentality they see on television. Like everybody who dick-rides Mike Trout and Bryce Harper right now. Like I said before, when Jimmie Foxx and Lou Gehrig were their age, they were already having 150 RBI seasons. Trout and Harper are getting 2/3 of that in a good year.
And the "fewer teams"/PED era argument can go both ways. It's a legit concern when discussing Bill Russell and his championships. However, pretty much everybody Koufax faced was a legit major leaguer. He also faced guys like Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Ernie Banks, Willie Mays, and Roberto Clemente day-in, day-out. Pedro's Red Sox would get a ton of division games against the Devil Rays, who were a glorified AAA team at the time. The Orioles were basically a dumpster fire during Pedro's peak too. And teams like the Royals took bad to a whole new level. 2/3 of those guys wouldn't have sniffed a 1965 MLB roster, at least.
Posted on 3/1/17 at 7:38 am to lsutigers1992
The pitching was not as consistent back then as it is now. The pitchers didn't get as much rest and treatment. Guys were throwing 50 complete games a year
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