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Originally Posted by D. Bergin
It's definitely the no-hitters and the K's.
Those are dramatic events that people remember.
All sports are littered with athletes that people collect, more for the memories they created, rather then their actual full resumes.
Mike Tyson and Joe Namath are the two biggest examples I can think of, off the top of my head. On a smaller scale, Roger Maris is another.
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No, I totally agree. Don't get me wrong I love Nolan Ryan; he was my favorite player as a kid. But there are a laundry list of 70's pitchers that were arguably better than him (Seaver, Carlton, Palmer, Jenkins, Gibson, Perry...) who are all but forgotten today by the card hobby because of Nolan Ryan. To me that part is sad.