This has been a truly enjoyable thread, even if I’m out of my depth with much of the analysis.
Can’t help but wonder how the narrative would’ve unfolded with just the slightest tweak to the title:
Best Most revered lefty of all time? My vote is (still) Koufax!
Despite the iron clad arguments for Robert Moses, Warren Edward, and Randall David, none…and I mean none carried the mystique and the aura of Sanford. Metrics cannot adequately quantify that.
Also, his peak fell during a perfect storm of West Coast expansion, the end of the Golden Era, and the ushering in of the pitching era. It was the right time and the right place for a guy like Koufax to dominate the scene like he did. There were so many great pitchers during his time, but Koufax’s artistry was unmatched…even if his stats don’t support it.
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