Best lefty off all time? My vote is Koufax!

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

So you admit you just want to focus on the best years, and you're dropping your "learning curve" excuse now for Koufax. That's fine, I understand the theory although I don't agree with it, just don't justify it with a bogus justification. By the way I bet you have not put any analysis into your "most don't" assertion. Just like you asserted Maddux's BABIP against was precisely in line with the average before you even looked it up to see it wasn't. It seems almost every great pitcher I look up was very good very young.

WHAT???????????? Are you telling us that something Travis has posted is not factually accurate? I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. He is an expert in every field except growing coconuts and knitting however if given enough time I bet he could teach us all a thing or two on those topics too!

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

WHAT???????????? Are you telling us that something Travis has posted is not factually accurate? I DO NOT BELIEVE IT. He is an expert in every field except growing coconuts and knitting however if given enough time I bet he could teach us all a thing or two on those topics too!

LOL LOL LOL

Nothing I could ever add, you just dropped the mic after that one...............

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by BobC

LOL LOL LOL

Nothing I could ever add, you just dropped the mic after that one...............

Bob he is my go to man now. Prior to his coming here I was mislead by groupthink over 3 point shooters, absolutely everything about pitching in the bigs, Joe Jackson autographs and the internal operations of PSA, PWCC and eBay to just name a handful of topics.

He has over 600 posts. I must reread all of them to see if I have missed anything.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Bob he is my go to man now. Prior to his coming here I was mislead by groupthink over 3 point shooters, absolutely everything about pitching in the bigs, Joe Jackson autographs and the internal operations of PSA, PWCC and eBay to just name a handful of topics.

He has over 600 posts. I must reread all of them to see if I have missed anything.

It's funny, someone posted how this is like the fastest thread ever on the forum to 1,000 posts. I wonder if he has the fastest ever to 600 posts on here now. And here's a thought, hundreds of posts ago in this very thread, he actually said he was done and wasn't going to post in this thread anymore. Thank goodness he kept his word and quit posting in this thread, otherwise he could be over 1,000 posts by now!!!! WOW!!! 😂

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by BobC

It's funny, someone posted how this is like the fastest thread ever on the forum to 1,000 posts. I wonder if he has the fastest ever to 600 posts on here now. And here's a thought, hundreds of posts ago in this very thread, he actually said he was done and wasn't going to post in this thread anymore. Thank goodness he kept his word and quit posting in this thread, otherwise he could be over 1,000 posts by now!!!! WOW!!! 😂

I sometimes wonder.... the OP started this thread and was subsequently banned. Is this thread his legacy to the Net54 community, or his curse on us?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I sometimes wonder.... the OP started this thread and was subsequently banned. Is this thread his legacy to the Net54 community, or his curse on us?

Great point, I forgot about the OP getting banned. Makes you wonder what's next. LOL

[AndrewJerome]

I was working on a longer post regarding player height, but wow this thread got weird. Love everything about this thread and the debate, but come on. Koufax is a great pitcher. But in an all time great debate, you don’t get to just cut out Koufax’s terrible first 6 years of his professional career and pretend it didn’t happen. That’s just now how it works.

And on top of that, 600 innings is all that’s needed to be the GOAT? Even in modern baseball, say 150 innings per year, that’s only 4 years. So the HOF requires 10 years to even make the HOF as a low tier HOFer. But somehow you can be the greatest pitcher ever pitching 4 years? And not even qualify for the HOF? That is jumping the shark.

[egri]

Originally Posted by Mark17

I sometimes wonder.... the OP started this thread and was subsequently banned. Is this thread his legacy to the Net54 community, or his curse on us?

I’m sure Kevin would be pleased to know that his thread has dragged on indefinitely with no end or resolution in sight. Out of all the threads he started, I think this one sets the record for combined inanity and duration. It has the vitriol of the thread that got him banned, and has carried on longer than most of his BST posts. Why, with both peak and longevity, this thread is surely one of the contenders for greatest Net54 thread of all time. All it’s missing is an off-center card with a PSA 9 asking price. Almost a pity he isn’t here to see it (almost).

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by BobC

It's funny, someone posted how this is like the fastest thread ever on the forum to 1,000 posts. I wonder if he has the fastest ever to 600 posts on here now. And here's a thought, hundreds of posts ago in this very thread, he actually said he was done and wasn't going to post in this thread anymore. Thank goodness he kept his word and quit posting in this thread, otherwise he could be over 1,000 posts by now!!!! WOW!!! 😂

LOL!! I had already forgotten about that. Sensational!!! Well just yesterday he referred to this as an argument so maybe what he meant is that he was done discussing and was just going to argue?

[BobC]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

LOL!! I had already forgotten about that. Sensational!!! Well just yesterday he referred to this as an argument so maybe what he meant is that he was done discussing and was just going to argue?

Tomato - Tomahto

I'm sure there's a statistical formula or algorithm somewhere to prove he may have a better chance of winning if he calls what he's doing one thing as opposed to the other.

But on second thought, maybe not! LOL