Walter Johnson Vs. Christy Mathewson

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by Tomi

... and showing some cards would be a great addition.

Tomi, how about you showing showing some of your WaJo and Matty cards to start things off?

[Tomi]

I mainly collect vintage but love the pre war on this site. I will eventually transition into pre war also with Cobb and Ruth being at the top of my list but as of now vintage is my era. I'm only buying a few items per year so my collection increases very slowly. I have been following this site since I can remember but you guys and your collections are the reason why I will make the move. I honestly didn't appreciate the era until i got more into these forums. Unfortunately it will take a while but I will absolutely post as it happens.


Thanks

[DeanH3]

WaJo > Matty. 110 career shutouts speaks volumes. Plus, he lost 26 games by a score of 1-0. Johnson was just so dominate. Imagine if he had played for the Giants and not the Senators.

[brianp-beme]

Johnson is almost undoubtedly the superior pitcher, but I have always been drawn in by the Mathewson mystique...he just raised the level of being a ballplayer to that of being almost respectable.

Also I got my first Johnson and Matty cards at the same time, within a group of five that were my first prewar cards. The Mathewson card just sparked my prewar fire more than the Johnson. If I had gotten Walter's T206 portrait, well, who knows how I would feel, though I have had a longstanding preference for action poses over portraits...

Brian

[ValKehl]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Johnson is almost undoubtedly the superior pitcher, but I have always been drawn in by the Mathewson mystique...he just raised the level of being a ballplayer to that of being almost respectable. Brian

Brian, are you suggesting that Johnson wasn't "almost respectable?"

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by ValKehl

Brian, are you suggesting that Johnson wasn't "almost respectable?"

Matty had the good fortune to start his career earlier so that he could claim the "almost respectable" crown before Johnson could clutch it in his greedy, elongated fingers.

Brian (I am not an anti-Johnsonite)

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Matty had the good fortune to start his career earlier so that he could claim the "almost respectable" crown before Johnson could clutch it in his greedy, elongated fingers. Brian (I am not an anti-Johnsonite)

Greedy?