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If you could pick any pitcher in MLB history to start Game 7 who would it be and why?
That worked out well in '01.....Allen said:Randy Johnson to start it and Mo Rivera to close it.
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Even though he is so good in the playoffs? Haha.PWNdroia said:Clayton Kershaw, still go with best pitcher in the league.
Hey there woah there! True facts though, I just enjoy that dominant tandem.Nonsense said:That worked out well in '01.....
I kid, but Randy is a great choice, although Schilling did and excellent job in Game 7, only to have Randy close it out lol.
You can't just say he's not great in the playoffs because of a small sample size, much of which is misleading by the way.Allen said:Even though he is so good in the playoffs? Haha.
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I was more pulling your leg, don't be too uptight Kershaw is one of the best, playoffs he just seems to choke at times.PWNdroia said:You can't just say he's not great in the playoffs because of a small sample size, much of which is misleading by the way.
I mean, with your philosophy we wasted money on Price because he won't get us a WS since he pitches bad in the postseason. That's poor thinking. You go with the proven best stats, not chance.
Someone mentioned Schilling though. I might consider him. That guy is phenomenal (but even he had some bad postseason starts).
didn't realize 64 innings was a small sample size. Not many pitchers get that many innings in the playoffs, and in those 64 innings he's got an ERA over 4.5. So yea, Game 7 with the series on the line, I can understand why somebody would question putting him on the mound.PWNdroia said:You can't just say he's not great in the playoffs because of a small sample size, much of which is misleading by the way.
I mean, with your philosophy we wasted money on Price because he won't get us a WS since he pitches bad in the postseason. That's poor thinking. You go with the proven best stats, not chance.
Someone mentioned Schilling though. I might consider him. That guy is phenomenal (but even he had some bad postseason starts).
My point is you'd overwrite a whole career just because of 64 innings in the postseason? That makes little sense. Sometimes its not just the timing.GMF said:didn't realize 64 innings was a small sample size. Not many pitchers get that many innings in the playoffs, and in those 64 innings he's got an ERA over 4.5. So yea, Game 7 with the series on the line, I can understand why somebody would question putting him on the mound.
If they didn't allow him to throw so many innings toward the end of the year it would probably be a different story. Not to mention Don Mattingly couldn't run a bullpen to save his damn life.Allen said:Even though he is so good in the playoffs? Haha.
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Similar to MadBum, he had that one postseason where he was untouchable, and people want to act like he is the greastest pitcher of all time. Yea he had a good postseason, but look at his body of work as a whole. He's a career over 3 ERA pitcher, and never had a truly dominating long length of time. He got torched in 2012 in the NLDS and NLCS, but pitched well in the WS. I would take a guy like Kershaw, Koufax, Pedro, etc that were stellar for extended lengths of time, and a guy who has been pretty good for the most part.PWNdroia said:My point is you'd overwrite a whole career just because of 64 innings in the postseason? That makes little sense. Sometimes its not just the timing.
If that's the case, we're screwed that we signed David Price.
And just so you know, I was only picking current players. I only mentioned Schilling because he was brought up, but I was only picking players that are currently playing.