No baseball for a while so I thought I might stir the pot. Just finished Jane Leavy's
excellent if reverential bio. It provides some insight into this extrarordinarly
private man. She dispells notions that he did not really like baseball, or that he was
aloof from teamates. But the main thing about him is his absolute dominance from 1961
through 1966. The statistics are daunting, 4 no hitters, an ERA of less than two,
wining crutial games for the Dodgers at the end of the season and then in the world
series often on 2 days rest. Other players of that era insist that he was the best. I
know Gautam has argued in favor of Pedro Martinez but it seems to me that Pedro is not
in the same league. As good as he Pedro has not been able to drag his team along with
him. As good as he is he does not seem to have the ability to dominate the way Kofax
could.
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