Dominant
I grew up about half hour from Anaheim Stadium in the 1970's, and my family liked to go to Angels games. We saw Ryan on many occasions. I look back, wow, what a lucky childhood.
Anyway, EVERY time he pitched there was always pregame crowd chatter about, "will he throw another no-hitter tonight?" The pregame crowd just oozed anticipation. I was there, I lived it, it is ingrained in my soul. Ryan was still young, in his prime, and, on certain nights, as dominant as it gets. Maybe not the statistically best pure pitcher, but absolutely YES, perhaps the most dominant.
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