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I'm an Indians fan but this blew me away - his velocity was down at least 10 MPH and he still was unhittableOn October 11, 1999 the Red Sox were playing the Cleveland Indians in the 5th and deciding game of the ALCS. Martinez had started game 1 and thrown 4 scoreless innings, but had to leave the game with a strained back. Reports for game five were that he might be available for a few innings, but Bret Saberhaghen was starting. The game was tied 8-8 in the bottom of the 4th, and Martinez came in to pitch. He finished the game, going 6 innings without giving up a hit, striking out 8 and walking 3. The Red Sox won 12-8.

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I'm an Indians fan but this blew me away - his velocity was down at least 10 MPH and he still was unhittableOn October 11, 1999 the Red Sox were playing the Cleveland Indians in the 5th and deciding game of the ALCS. Martinez had started game 1 and thrown 4 scoreless innings, but had to leave the game with a strained back. Reports for game five were that he might be available for a few innings, but Bret Saberhaghen was starting. The game was tied 8-8 in the bottom of the 4th, and Martinez came in to pitch. He finished the game, going 6 innings without giving up a hit, striking out 8 and walking 3. The Red Sox won 12-8.
Man....what a game. The air was sucked out of the stadium when Martinez came in.The best performance I've ever seen was also Pedro. It was against the Yankees....I think in July of '99. He was so dominant that even though it was in Yankee stadium, the fans were actually cheering Pedro as he made Yankee after Yankee look like Mario Mendoza (Wily Mo Pena?) even at the height of their dynasty. His final line: 9 IP, 1 H, 17 K.
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I agree Keith... Pedro in 99 ALDS was probably the sickest thing I've ever seen. That was October of my freshman year. About 3,000 kids at UMass rioted after that win, and I was right in the middle of it. Ahhhh.... college.

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In my unbiased opinion, the 99 ALDS Pedro game gets my vote as well.In my biased opinion, Game 7 of the 2001 World Series involved seven gutsy innings from Curt Schilling (who would have gone out tied if not for Soriano hitting a ball at his shoetops for a home run), a brief appearance from Miguel Batista (who did nothing noteworthy), and then everyone in the stadium started realizing who was warming up in the bullpen: Randy Johnson, who'd gotten the win in Game Six the night before and was now cranking it up to come in. He shut the Yankees down to close out the 8th and also in the 9th, the Sandman coughed up a 135-foot bloop single to Luis Gonzalez, and that was that.

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I'm an Indians fan but this blew me away - his velocity was down at least 10 MPH and he still was unhittableOn October 11, 1999 the Red Sox were playing the Cleveland Indians in the 5th and deciding game of the ALCS. Martinez had started game 1 and thrown 4 scoreless innings, but had to leave the game with a strained back. Reports for game five were that he might be available for a few innings, but Bret Saberhaghen was starting. The game was tied 8-8 in the bottom of the 4th, and Martinez came in to pitch. He finished the game, going 6 innings without giving up a hit, striking out 8 and walking 3. The Red Sox won 12-8.
Dude you wanna know what is awesome? You copy-pasted that from Wikipedia and I wrote that ****ing paragraph!!!! That makes me happy. Also that's the only article I ever contributed to there.
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Jack Morris, Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.10 IP, 7 Hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 8 K'sWin gives Twins the World Series Title of the Braves
hard to argue that too much right there.
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Jack Morris, Game 7 of the 1991 World Series.10 IP, 7 Hits, 0 R, 0 ER, 8 K'sWin gives Twins the World Series Title of the Braves
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Dude you wanna know what is awesome? You copy-pasted that from Wikipedia and I wrote that ****ing paragraph!!!! That makes me happy. Also that's the only article I ever contributed to there.
Come on, nobody else thinks that's funny?
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schill game 6 alcs
Good call. In the bottom of the 9th, when Tony Clark managed to get up as the series-winning run at the plate with 2 outs vs Foulke, I remember thinking "Oh God if he blows this Schilling isn't a hero." I think the best pitching performance I've seen is either Pedro's 17K game vs the Yankees a month before they won the WS, or else his 1-hitter vs Tampa Bay. In that game (back in '00) Pedro hit the first TB hitter, Gerald Williams, with a pitch. I believe Williams had homered against Petey the last time they were matched up, and here was Williams' response:a_pedrojab.jpgThat's not photoshopped or anything. He landed a pretty good punch before a big brawl broke out. TB pitchers retaliated like 5 times, and had EIGHT players and their manager ejected over the course of the game. Pedro, on the other hand, did not allow another baserunner until the 9th when he gave up a single.Okay I'm also going to submit here my idea that Pedro is the greatest pitcher of all time, or at least of the modern era (post-1920). It's too hard to compare pitchers from pre-1920 because it was a quite different game, not only by the fact that they used a very different baseball.Here are the stats (speaking only of 20th and 21st century)Career W/L%: 2nd placeCareer WHIP: 3rd overall, 1st since 1920Career adjusted ERA+: 1st, by a wide margin. Career K/BB ratio: 1stHe is also the active career ERA leader.Single season stats:WHIP: 1st place with .7373 That number is unreal. 2nd is Walter Johnson with .7803adjusted ERA+: 1st place
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That's not photoshopped or anything. He landed a pretty good punch before a big brawl broke out. TB pitchers retaliated like 5 times, and had EIGHT players and their manager ejected over the course of the game. Pedro, on the other hand, did not allow another baserunner until the 9th when he gave up a single.
That game was sick. Minus points for being against Tampay Bay though. I'm not sure if Pedro is the greatest of all-time, but if you compare just peak years and not necessarily career length, then it would be tough to argue against.
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That game was sick. Minus points for being against Tampay Bay though. I'm not sure if Pedro is the greatest of all-time, but if you compare just peak years and not necessarily career length, then it would be tough to argue against.
True it was TB, but he got ****ing punched in the face in the first inning, and nearly threw a no-hitter. A fair argument against "greatest ever" is that his career isn't over yet, and his numbers will probably go down somewhat as he finishes it. But I think he is more than just "greatest peak." I think he's at least in the top 3 all-time.
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True it was TB, but he got ****ing punched in the face in the first inning, and nearly threw a no-hitter. A fair argument against "greatest ever" is that his career isn't over yet, and his numbers will probably go down somewhat as he finishes it. But I think he is more than just "greatest peak." I think he's at least in the top 3 all-time.
That was another great game. But yeah, it loses points because it was against Tampa. Pedro's not greatest ever, but his career isn't over yet. I don't think he'll make it though because of all the arm trouble and whatnot. I will say that his peak is better than anyone's. I don't think I'll ever see anyone as dominant as Pedro circa 99-00. As much as I hate to say it, all things considered, Roger Clemens is...ugh...I don't even want to type it.
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The greatest performance by a pitcher of all time? Don't mind if I do...I believe it was August 4th, 1993. Nolan Ryan beat the living fucking daylights out of Robin Ventura when he charged the mound. Someone should add a picture. I don't know how to do things like that.The headlock was priceless.Real Answer: I'd probably go with the Pedro game against the Indians. It's probably one of the most legendary performances in any sport of our lifetime.Wang

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The greatest performance by a pitcher of all time? Don't mind if I do...I believe it was August 4th, 1993. Nolan Ryan beat the living fucking daylights out of Robin Ventura when he charged the mound. Someone should add a picture. I don't know how to do things like that.
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Real Answer: I'd probably go with the Pedro game against the Indians. It's probably one of the most legendary performances in any sport of our lifetime.
Not even close to Morris dude.
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As much as I hate to say it, all things considered, Roger Clemens is...ugh...I don't even want to type it.
I can't really rate either Pedro or Roger higher than Walter Johnson or Lefty Grove etc.But here's a good argument (which I am stealing/modifying from Sons of Sam Horn):If you HAD to win one game, who would you want pitching for you, of all the pitchers who ever lived? You would want 99-00 Pedro. In some sense (more than just greatest peak IMO) that makes him the best ever.
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I can't really rate either Pedro or Roger higher than Walter Johnson or Lefty Grove etc.But here's a good argument (which I am stealing/modifying from Sons of Sam Horn):If you HAD to win one game, who would you want pitching for you, of all the pitchers who ever lived? You would want 99-00 Pedro. In some sense (more than just greatest peak IMO) that makes him the best ever.
Yeah, if I needed to win a game, Pedro's my man, but Roger's had a better career as a whole. What he has done for so long it what puts him over the edge. I've seen both pitch many many times during their stays in Boston, and it's not even close who had more control over the game. Aside: Any idea what Nolan Ryan wrote there before the Best Wishes?If a tape ever surfaces, my pick will become Dock Ellis' no-hitter on acid. I'm certain that him diving out of the way of swinging bunts pecieved to be rocketing towards him is close to the funniest thing ever.
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