 | SchadenfreudianSlip (18)
07/05/2007 | And no one counted pitches, and there were 3 or 4 dedicated starters and about the same number of relievers. I can't imagine any manager having the stupidity of trying to take Walter Johnson out of a game because he reached the magic 108 pitch count, or substituting Ted Williams because he'd be facing Randy Johnson.
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 | irishgit (138)
07/05/2007 | An above average staff plus one legend.
Lefty Grove is arguably the best left-hander of all time, and one of the meanest and most competitive men ever to toe the rubber.
The rest of the staff was solid, without any mutts, but no one who really stands out, although several had very good years.
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 | oscargamblesfro (76)
07/05/2007 | Sort of a staff with a 5- the great Lefty Grove and a bunch of 3- 3.5 pitchers: George Earnshaw, Rube Walberg, Jack Quinn, Howard Ehmke and Eddie Rommel. Earnshaw had several 20 win years, and Wahlberg had one. Quinn pitched until he was nearly 50, and was never great, but a dependable sort with some fine years. Rommel was a veteran who was arguably the best pitcher in the AL in 1922, winning 27 games for a bad A's team. He had some other fine years before this era but was more of a spot starter. Ehmke had had his best years with awful Red Sox clubs in 1923 and 24, winning 20 and then 19 games- probably the best pitching years any Red Sox pitcher had between 1921 and 1934. With the A's he was best known for being the surprise starter in the first game of the '29 Series. Waite Hoyt spent a year here, and they had some less familiar guys pass through too. Grove is simply one of the best pitchers ever, and a contender for the most dominant lefty over an extended period.
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