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Originally Posted by actionjackson
Simply put, The Ryan Express. The nickname says everything about his fastball, but he had a hammer curve as well. And with all due respect to Dave Stewart, Nolan Ryan is probably the best pitcher (actually Mussina, Schilling, Phil Niekro, and Blyleven probably had better careers and never won a Cy Young either, so...there's that) to never win a Cy Young Award (except those that couldn't win one because the award didn't exist when they were pitching). Nolan Ryan #34
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Nice group, I may have to concede
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The late great Lindsey Nelson
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