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Pedro Martinez and Randy Johnson

TomiTomi Posts: 643 ✭✭✭
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Since they will both go into the HOF at the same time and were the most dominant pitchers of their era, who would be your pitcher for game 7 of the World Series. I would have to go with Johnson. The John Kruk incident just shows how scared hitters were of him.

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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    I don't think Pedro is a 1st ballot lock. He should be based on his career, but the voters are weird about 1st ballot worthiness.
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭
    "It takes more than 9 Yanks to beat R Johnson" - 2001 Dbacks T-shirt

    Hitters may have been psyched out a bit by Pedro, but every living thing in the stadium feared Johnson on the mound. How many birds took a second shortcut between the mound and plate with Randy up there?
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  • zep33zep33 Posts: 6,897 ✭✭✭


    << <i>"It takes more than 9 Yanks to beat R Johnson" - 2001 Dbacks T-shirt

    Hitters may have been psyched out a bit by Pedro, but every living thing in the stadium feared Johnson on the mound. How many birds took a second shortcut between the mound and plate with Randy up there? >>



    I was living in Phoenix at the time

    LOL that slogan was big news

  • Baez578Baez578 Posts: 967 ✭✭✭
    I'd go with Johnson hands down.

    Pedro was good and his history in Boston should eventually get him into Cooperstown.
  • shagrotn77shagrotn77 Posts: 5,607 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't think Pedro is a 1st ballot lock. He should be based on his career, but the voters are weird about 1st ballot worthiness. >>



    Pedro is an absolute first-ballot lock. 90%+. Mark it down.
    "My father would womanize, he would drink. He would make outrageous claims like he invented the question mark. Sometimes he would accuse chestnuts of being lazy. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament. Our childhood was typical. Summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When we were insolent we were placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds - pretty standard really."
  • LarkinCollectorLarkinCollector Posts: 8,975 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>"It takes more than 9 Yanks to beat R Johnson" - 2001 Dbacks T-shirt

    Hitters may have been psyched out a bit by Pedro, but every living thing in the stadium feared Johnson on the mound. How many birds took a second shortcut between the mound and plate with Randy up there? >>



    I was living in Phoenix at the time

    LOL that slogan was big news >>


    I had to buy one, just to put with all the other WS memorabilia from that year image It's one that brings back the memories. I'm still out that way, but there hasn't been much to get excited about in the way of professional sports (except spring training) here since then.
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  • CDsNutsCDsNuts Posts: 10,092 ✭
    Pedro is an absolute first-ballot lock. 90%+. Mark it down.

    You might be right, I think he should be. I'm just saying the voters are weird. Thomas only got 83% last year and he was a top 4 hitter during the era with no steroid cloud. Larkin gets 62% then 86% the next year. Alomar doesn't get in 1st ballot because he spit on an ump once. Sandberg barely squeeked in. Bob Gibson only got 84% which is absurd, and his career is probably closer to Pedro's than anybody.

    I'm just saying I could see some voters not putting him in because of too few wins or New York writers pissed because he sucked for the Mets and crushed it for the Sox. Who knows. I'm not saying I agree with it but to me Pedro seems like a guy that voters would be inclined to have a bias against for some stupid reason. His career was HOF worthy for sure but he was not universally adored like Big Unit, and that absolutely plays into the voting.

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  • hammeredhammered Posts: 2,671 ✭✭✭
    Considering that most star hitters from that era aren't gonna get in anytime soon due to PEDs, I think both of these guys get in first ballot
  • heritageheritage Posts: 2,662 ✭✭✭

    << I don't think Pedro is a 1st ballot lock. He should be based on his career, but the voters are weird about 1st ballot worthiness. >>



    Pedro is an absolute first-ballot lock. 90%+. Mark it down.

    +1


    I would go with Pedro for my starter, if your going for butt ugly then Johnson is your man.
  • WinPitcherWinPitcher Posts: 27,726 ✭✭✭
    Pedro won his 200th game before he lost his 100th...

    Yeah I think he's a lock, as for the question I'd prefer him in a big game over Johnson.

    Good for you.
  • PMKAYPMKAY Posts: 1,372 ✭✭


    << <i>Since they will both go into the HOF at the same time and were the most dominant pitchers of their era, who would be your pitcher for game 7 of the World Series. I would have to go with Johnson. The John Kruk incident just shows how scared hitters were of him. >>




    Wasn't that in an all star game?
  • TheMick6TheMick6 Posts: 582
    I have to go with Johnson, niether guy was all that dominant overall as far as overall post season performance but Johnson did have one amazing postseason run. Plus I'd be more confident in Johnson going deeper in the game. I love Pedro and he had electric nasty stuff but he was basically a six to seven inning guy.
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