The big three: Mathewson, Johnson, Young

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Posted By: Cy

I was listening to my "Glory of Their Times" CD set today riding to and from my Thanksgiving dinner. (If you are a vintage collector and do not have this 4-CD set, buy it immediately. Ithink it's around $30 from amazon.com. Whether you have the book or not, this is the actual interviews of the players in the book and it is fantastically done. It will be a terrific Christmas gift to yourself.)

This thread has people picking the greatest pitcher of these three(and others) and we haven't seen any of them. But on the CD, Larry Ritter asks many of the players of that era who they think the greatest pitcher of all time is. And there is never even a breath between the question and the answer, "Walter Johnson is the greatest pitcher of all time." And it is unanimous. Nobody even considers another pitcher. So if one wants to really know who the best is, listen to the men who played with and against him.

Cy