So you have your all time team... Now

[AMBST95]

Originally Posted by EvilKing00

Now pick one starter, in his prime totally healthy to pitch one game against another members all time team that u must win. He will not be hitting just pitching. He dosnt have to pitch a compleat game figure at least 7 innings. Whos your ace???


I will probably take slot of flack for my pick but after alot of thought i would take pedro martinez at his best over any other pitcher.

Before I read your last sentence I was thinking the same thing.

[ZenPop]

Since it would be the first time the all-time greats would see him... and he'd be at his best...

I'll take Tim Lincecum.

(Marichal, Carl Hubbell (you saw what he did in the all-star game to the greats) and Matty would be right up there!

Non-Giants Division: Satchel Paige

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by ZenPop

Since it would be the first time the all-time greats would see him... and he'd be at his best...

I'll take Tim Lincecum.

(Marichal, Carl Hubbell (you saw what he did in the all-star game to the greats) and Matty would be right up there!

Non-Giants Division: Satchel Paige

I love the Giants love!!

I'd still go with Koufax, but Timmy was absolutely amazing for those first 2 full seasons when he was still blowing 98 MPH gas.

[ZenPop]

Originally Posted by itjclarke

I love the Giants love!!

I'd still go with Koufax, but Timmy was absolutely amazing for those first 2 full seasons when he was still blowing 98 MPH gas.

I could see that... Timmy was elite when he was dominant... but wouldn't argue against Koufax, either (obviously)

[ZenPop]

I guess you also look how pitchers perform in big games... and I'm not saying that Maddux wasn't a stellar pitcher (one of the very best ever)... but I keep seeing Will Clark absolutely destroying him in Game 1of the '89 playoffs. That does color my thinking...

[TheBig6]

Koufax or Gibson (flip a coin)

J.R. Richard would be my (Homer Pick)

[drmondobueno]

I've seen Koufax, Gibson and Maddox pitch. Take a look at their playoff/world Series body of work. Maddox to me is definitely a step below.

Koufax # 1, Gibson a close second. Never saw Paige, way too young to have seen anyone prior to 1958. But my grandfather, when he quit swearing, said Paige was crafty and unhittable the times he saw Satchel pitch..

[conor912]

Originally Posted by AMBST95

Before I read your last sentence I was thinking the same thing.

It would even be hard to pick a year Pedro. The five from 1997 to 2002 (not counting his injury plagued 2001) he was pretty much lights out. Though I'm biased from Boston. I would, however, refrain from any pitcher after 1970 given their propensity to run out of steam in late innings. For such an important game I wouldn't want to rely him going the distance.

[t206fix]

Randy Johnson

No question...at the top of his game, no one could hit him!

[Mark]

Best big game pitcher whom I saw was Gibson. But if someone also saw Hubbell and told me that he was better, I would believe it.

[RCMcKenzie]

This question is often asked on sports radio talk shows as, ""Who would you pitch to save the planet?"

Greg Maddux with Ron Kulpa behind the dish.

[mattsey9]

To be the contrarian, I'm picking a good guy who was great in a lot of big games.

Allie Reynolds.

[xcgrammer]

I might have to take Maddux or Pedro via a coin flip. For the simple reason that they dominated in The Steriod Era!!! Unreal what they did. Pedro was lights out in the complete epicenter, eye of the hurricane, heart of the most hitter dominated (by cheating) era of all time.

[Vol]

Greg Maddux

No doubt in my mind.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by VOLnVEGAS

Greg Maddux

No doubt in my mind.

This.

[BearBailey]

Greg Maddux, without a question!

[conor912]

Originally Posted by xcgrammer

I might have to take Maddux or Pedro via a coin flip. For the simple reason that they dominated in The Steriod Era!!! Unreal what they did. Pedro was lights out in the complete epicenter, eye of the hurricane, heart of the most hitter dominated (by cheating) era of all time.

Maddux, to me, was more of a "body of work" guy. He was so good for so long that he put together a stellar career, but never for a second would he cross my mind as my go-to guy for one game. But again, maybe if I was from Atlanta I'd feel differently.

[RCMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by conor912

Maddux, to me, was more of a "body of work" guy. He was so good for so long that he put together a stellar career, but never for a second would he cross my mind as my go-to guy for one game. But again, maybe if I was from Atlanta I'd feel differently.

The OP was asking about a pitcher at his best. In 1995 Maddux was 19-2 with a WHIP of 0.811. Those were my gambling days and you had to lay 380 to win 100 in a baseball game. If you had an umpire with a wide strikezone, it was game over.

[71buc]

Mr. Bob Gibson even if my life depended on it.

[dabigyankeeman]

Originally Posted by t206fix

Randy Johnson

No question...at the top of his game, no one could hit him!

Totally agree, my choice too. He was great, and batters feared him.