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Originally Posted by tbob
Nolan Ryan better than Bob Gibson??? Steve Carlton, Pedro Martinez, Greg Maddux better than Christy Mathewson??? Phil Niekro better than Eddie Plank, Carl Hubbell and Rube Waddell??? Roger Clemens the greatest pitcher of all time???
What a joke....
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Agree on almost every count - Ryan couldn't carry Gibson's jock. If my life was riding on a baseball game, I'd probably choose Gibson in his prime to pitch it - he was a money pitcher of the highest order.
I would argue the Maddux point though - he was pretty much the modern day Matty in that he played for a relatively dominant team of his time and was noted as much for pitching with his brain as much as his stuff. The difference is that Maddux pitched a large part of his career in an era that was a hitter's paradise, making his numbers even more impressive.