OT- for baseball fans

[Sudanese Sensation]

Is Tom Seaver a top ten pitcher?

[Smelters]

hard to say with so many great pitchers but I would say yes.

[kobeunderbite]

Without question.

[Sudanese Sensation]

Me too...

He could bring the heat but he also could kill you with finesse.

[Sudanese Sensation]

I don't follow baseball any more as much as I follow basketball but his advanced stats were crazy:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/playe ... to01.shtml" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Yuh]

Without thinking too much about it...

Nolan Ryan
Sandy Kofax
Bob Gibson
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Warren Spahn
Tom Seaver

yeah, he's in there.

[dwcmwa]

Christy Mathewson > Seaver.

[Smelters]

Without thinking too much about it...

Nolan Ryan
Sandy Kofax
Bob Gibson
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Warren Spahn
Tom Seaver

yeah, he's in there.

No Steve Carlton?

[Yuh]

Without thinking too much about it...

Nolan Ryan
Sandy Kofax
Bob Gibson
Cy Young
Walter Johnson
Randy Johnson
Roger Clemens
Warren Spahn
Tom Seaver

yeah, he's in there.

No Steve Carlton?

Mathewson and Carlton both have a case.

[Smelters]

In a must win situation I would take Bob Gibson over them all.

[Sudanese Sensation]

Hank Aaron stated that Seaver was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Seaver approached Aaron before his first All-Star Game in 1967 and asked Aaron for his autograph. Seaver felt the need to introduce himself to Aaron, as he was certain "Hammerin' Hank" would not know who he was. Aaron replied to Seaver, "Kid, I know who you are, and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too."

[FPL]

No clue. I think we agreed on the last board that the modern era began when the league was fully integrated. So I suppose that would be in '59:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fi ... rs_by_team" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Though I guess we could use '69 instead:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/story?id=2471349" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Who would you all have as your top 10 pitchers in either timespan (59-present or 69-present)?

[Sudanese Sensation]

"Blind men come to the park just to hear him (Tom Seaver) pitch."

Mr. October

[Smelters]

Hank Aaron stated that Seaver was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Seaver approached Aaron before his first All-Star Game in 1967 and asked Aaron for his autograph. Seaver felt the need to introduce himself to Aaron, as he was certain "Hammerin' Hank" would not know who he was. Aaron replied to Seaver, "Kid, I know who you are, and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too."

It was a travesty that Hank Aaron received death threats (from "thugs", some real shizz) because he was about to break Babe Ruth's HR record.

And there is nothing that anyone can say about Hammerin" Hank. Never boasted, showed off, or even did anything in his personal life to deserve that. And you don't even hear about him like great baseball players are talked about. Kinda shows no matter what you do certain people are going to be mad at you because of "differences". smh

[Sudanese Sensation]

Hank Aaron stated that Seaver was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Seaver approached Aaron before his first All-Star Game in 1967 and asked Aaron for his autograph. Seaver felt the need to introduce himself to Aaron, as he was certain "Hammerin' Hank" would not know who he was. Aaron replied to Seaver, "Kid, I know who you are, and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too."

It was a travesty that Hank Aaron received death threats (from "thugs", some real shizz) because he was about to break Babe Ruth's HR record.

And there is nothing that anyone can say about Hammerin" Hank. Never boasted, showed off, or even did anything in his personal life to deserve that. And you don't even hear about him like great baseball players are talked about. Kinda shows no matter what you do certain people are going to be mad at you because of "differences". smh

I have mad respect for Hank Aaron but my favorite baseball player of all time is Willie Mays...