re: Who is the best MLB pitcher you've ever seen?

Goose Gossage

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Ron Guidry in his 25-3 season was basically un-hittable

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Nine shutouts that year.

I didn't get hard into baseball until I was older, but Strasburg's first couple of starts were one of the more incredible things I've seen.

Of course now with Aroldis Chapman throwing 102 consistently, some of the luster has worn off, but Stras was tapping 98 late into the game.

Ebby Calvin LaLoosh

Braves rotating during prime years. Schilling. That early 90s a Giants staff. I grew up close to Atl, and have seen all the main guys in the NL. That Phillies/Braves rivalry was fun.

Its tough to say just who, singular. I've seen a number of guys who were just lights out, different than anyone else you ever see pitch going to big league games.

Young Doc was astonishing; Pedro was a king of his craft; Nolan and Roger and Randy all had phenomenal heat-- but the single guy I walked away from being most impressed by the entire repertoire?

Johan Santana

Too many to remember, single season or career? For career I'll go with Warren Spahn only because I was at the game against the Cubs when he got his 300th win. Yeah, I'm an old guy. My mother's family is from the Chicago area. We were visiting her brother in Libertyville, IL when my uncle who was a policeman got some tickets to the game in Milwaukee. Several of the adults took those of us who were old enough to the game. I didn't realize what a milestone it was but I do remember all of my relatives who were Chicago fans were pulling for Spahn. All except one female cousin who could not pull against the Cubs. I still remember Eddie Mathews making an error late in the game that kept the Cubs alive. Also, a sliding catch by a Braves outfielder on his knees where he slide several feet on the wet grass. I was later reminded that I had witnessed history.

Greg maddux

Bob Gibson, Nolan Ryan

Tom Seaver