May the team with the highest payroll win!
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I hear you.
But, when you get to two such teams, with the history they both share, itâs a gladiatorial fight to the finish.
Tommy John and Reggie Jackson. Two names etched into both teams wall of fame.
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Fernando Venezuela. RIP
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Absolutely!!! 
That screwball and Vâs delivery form really injected some interest (and fun) into the game back in the day.
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Lindy McDaniel - Forkball - NY Yankees
Steve Hamilton - The Folly Floater - NY Yankees
Phil Niekro - Knuckle ball - played with so many teams including the NY Yankees
Bob Gibson - Fastball, curveball, slider, change up, Bean ball - LA Dodgers
Sandy Koufax - fastball, Beanball - LA Dogger
Denny McLain 1968 31 - 6 .838 Detroit Tigers
Roger Clemens, Sam MacDowell, Tom Seaver, Doc Goodin, Nolan Ryan, Ron Guidry, Goose Gossage, Sparky Lyle, Mariano Rivera.
You get the picture. We wonât see the likes of them ever again.
Great list, but I think more greats will come and go.
Paul Skenes (with the Pirates) sure looks promising in his âearly daysâ.
Cheers.
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31-6! What a season for Denny McLain!
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I would be tempted to add Greg Maddux to your list because he was such a great âpitcherâ/control guy AND a Gold Glove defensive wizard.
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That list was all my age-riddened memory could dig up on such short notice. No doubt I left out so many more. Feel free to add to it.!
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Others that were the pitching backbone of the MLB when I grew up:
Mickey Lolitch - Detroit
Mel Stotttlemyre - NYY
Jim Palmer - Balt
Dave McNally - Balt
Mike Cuellar - Balt
Steve Carlton - Phila
Don Drysdale - LA
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That was almost a scripted ending to game one reminiscent of the 1988 Gibson walk off home run.
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Why there are still ballparks that enable a fanâs reach over the outfield wall I just cannot understand. Eliminate that one row of seats. I donât care which team it helps or hurts. The natural outcome of the play is tainted.
Oh, the horror of the revenue lost!
Hence the baskets at Wrigeley Field.
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Did you see the look of horror on other fansâ faces in slow motion? Priceless
Yes. Once he caught it over the wall the smiles went to OH NO!! It appeared the guy grabbed his stuff, rounded up his son and beat feet out of there!! Feared for his life I bet!
I knew there was another Detroit pitcher Iâd forgotten. Detroit had a great lineup of players in the 60âs. So did St. Louis.
Iâll have to talk to my brother and have him dig up our baseball cards from that era.
Kids today have cellphones and social media that they obsess over.
When I was a kid, it was baseball cards - playing in the back of the classroom, at the bus stop, in the the bus, at lunch time, in the bathroom, in the libraryâŚanywhere we could challenge another. My brother has a suitcase full of the cards we won form '65 -'70.
CBS Sunday Morning
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Yep, you didnât leave in the morning for elementary school without a pocket or two full of cards. Unfortunately, we didnât realize we were devaluing our investment in cards by throwing them up against the school wall, damaging the corners! But if you won a Boog Powell or Willie Horton card you were ecstatic!
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To me, the best part was reading the players stats on the back of the card. A great way to compare players. Then stats became really granular and tedious, ultimately giving rise to the âmoney ballâ effect.
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Congrats to LA! Tough thing from a born and raised north bay Giants fan to say but Iâm actually happy to see them win. Some in the âBeat LAâ crowd will even admit the Dodgers have always been a class organization.
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