>>>Sandy Koufax had the same problem. Pitches all over the place except the plate. But once he finally figured it out and settled down; whew! What a pitcher. Possibly the best pitcher I've ever seen.
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>>For those five years we was pretty darned dominant. The only knock on him when you discuss the all time best -- similar to Gale Sayers in football -- is that his productive period was so brief.
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>Yes. If it hadn't been for arthritis, he would have gone on being great for another few years, but looking at his record over those 5 short years, strikeouts, shutouts, no hitters etc, etc. The guy was beyond great.
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Close to unhittable most of the time.
My dad met him years ago. My dad was at some company function at a country club and Koufax was there playing tennis. (Evidently tennis is no problem for arthritic shoulders <g>). Either Koufax had a summer place in Maine or the woman he was dating had one, one or the other. It wasn't a long conversation at all, just a handshake and "I really enjoyed watching you pitch." He said the two most memorable things about the encounter were that Koufax is not that big a guy and that he was wearing a beard.
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