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And when your grandkids ask, "Hey Gramps, who rock...

2009-09-28T13:21:40.587-04:00

And when your grandkids ask, "Hey Gramps, who rocked the absolute sweetest mullet of all time?" You will tell them:

Billy Ray Cyrus.

But if they ask who rocked the SECOND sickest party-in-the-back flow, you'll pull out this photo:

http://espn.go.com/i/page2/photos/040414johnson.jpg

True, but in each pitcher's respective prime, give...

2009-09-28T12:12:04.691-04:00

True, but in each pitcher's respective prime, give Pedro the nod in the "IT" factor: the ability to turn each of his starts into an event, where the two teams playing become an afterthought to the guy on the mound, who put on a dynamic show each and every time out. His stats dwarfed his contemporaries, but stats don't begin to measure the aura of his greatness. Call it the

As a corollary to this post, the research led me t...

2009-09-28T07:35:11.314-04:00

As a corollary to this post, the research led me to conclude that Randy Johnson is the greatest strikeout pitcher in the history of the game. He clearly outshines Pedro in each of the categories in terms of consistency as a high K/9 pitcher over a longer number of years. Although he never demonstrated the type of finesse that made Pedro so amazing (that combination of power and pinpoint control