re: World Series Game 5: Cardinals 2 @ Rangers 4 | Final | Rangers Lead 3-2

Behind berkman and /or freese. He's a huge liability.

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Probably so. Can't say I'll miss him.

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He's been an integral part of 2 AL pennant winning teams. I would wish he comes back, just not on a $100M + contract.

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It wasn't that Nolan was a genetic freak.

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Dude was clocked at 101.2 MPH way before he lifted a weight (in his LA Angel days).

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It wasn't that Nolan was a genetic freak. It's that he lived in the gym. What he did after starts to recoop as he started aging was nothing short of phenomenal. He busted his arse in the gym after starts to keep himself in shape.

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I know he worked out in the gym religiously, way more so than was done in that day. But to still pitch at his level in his mid-40's can't be all due to gym work.

It's what he credits it to in his biography.

Another disaster avoided.

frick NICK PUNTO

Yay.


Get some runs here!

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But I don't know that that really qualifies him as a "genetic freak"

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At the time he started in the late 60s, only Walter Johnson, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller, and Bob Gibson ever had the kind of arm Nolan had. Dude was definitely a "genetic freak."

You mean a guy credited his long run to his hard work instead of the luck of avoiding injury? That's really surprising...

Ryan worked hard. He also hit the genetic jackpot and was lucky to never suffer major injury even when he was worked like mad in his career.