If you had to win one game!

[gotmilk?]

I have been thinking about this alot, and my question is, if you had to win one game, who would you start and why?

 

In thinking about this, I have thought about so many pitchers, that it is hard to decide. Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Johan Santana, Mike Mussina, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Roy Oswalt, Andy Pettitte, Jason Schmit, and John Smoltz to name a few and after thinking about it, I decided that I would have to start:

 

Curt Schilling, for one reason and one reason only, he has proved that he can pitch the big game!

 

Who do you pitch?

[jusdontno]

I have been thinking about this alot, and my question is, if you had to win one game, who would you start and why?

 

In thinking about this, I have thought about so many pitchers, that it is hard to decide. Curt Schilling, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, Johan Santana, Mike Mussina, Roger Clemens, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito, Roy Oswalt, Andy Pettitte, Jason Schmit, and John Smoltz to name a few and after thinking about it, I decided that I would have to start:

 

Curt Schilling, for one reason and one reason only, he has proved that he can pitch the big game!

 

Who do you pitch?

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The best of all time Gibson. Currently I concur with Schilling. There are a lot of top notch guys out there, but none want to be the guy and seem to thrive and pitch better in these spots more than Schilling. Smoltz was like this in his days as a starter, and now he may start again--be interesting to see what hew still has as a SP.

[coach15]

Have to go with Maddox, Smoltz, or Glavine in their early days.

[gotmilk?]

Have to go with Maddox, Smoltz, or Glavine in their early days.

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i dont understand this, theses guys lost so many world series together, how could you choose one of them? Maddux and Glavine has always choked in the WS, Smoltz has always been pretty consistant!

[coach15]

cant help it those are my guys from way back.......although Schilling or Clements wouldnt be bad choices either

Edited December 21, 2004 by coach15

[gotmilk?]

cant help it those are my guys from way back.......although Schilling or Clements wouldnt be bad choices either

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I am a big fan of those 3 guys also!

[sportsradiotn]

Schilling has been great late in his career. He'd start and a healthy Smoltz would finish!

[jusdontno]

You guys are too young, No One was as good as Gibson. There was never a doubt Gibson was going to win. The only one he ever lost was against Detroit when multi gold glover, the late great Curt Flood misplayed a ball that went over his head for a triple, and Micky Loloch shut down the redbirds in 68.

[muffin]

Remember that well.

[gotmilk?]

You guys are too young,  No One was as good as Gibson.  There was never a doubt Gibson was going to win.  The only one he ever lost was against Detroit when multi gold glover, the late great Curt Flood misplayed a ball that went over his head for a triple, and Micky Loloch shut down the redbirds in 68.

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When Gibson played, he didnt face lineups like pitchers face today!

[sportsradiotn]

When Gibson played, he didnt face lineups like pitchers face today!

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When Gibson pitched every team had a legitimate Hall Of Famer in the lineup! The Giants had McCovey and Mays, the Reds had Robinson, Rose, Perez and Pinson, the Cubs had Banks, Williams and Santo, the Pirates had Clemente, Stargell and Mazeroski, the Braves had Aaron, Torre and Boyer, the Phillies had Allen and so on. There were less teams and the talent was more concentrated.

[gotmilk?]

Yea, but did Gibson face a lineup like this and dominate them?

 

Cairo

Jeter

Rodriguez

Sheffield

Matsui

Williams

Posada

Olerud

Sierra

 

with Lofton and Clark coming off the bench? I dont think so! There are 5-6 HOF just in that lineup and 3-4 are prolly first ballot!

 

And not only did Schilling dominate them, he did it with a bad ankle!