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Woah, no Ryan Kohlmeier?

My favorite thing about Chris Ray was when someone would unload a 500 foot bomb to straight away center on him, and he would immediately point to the sky as to indicate, "pop up, straight up, find it!" 

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41 minutes ago, spiritof66 said:

Stu Miller led the AL in saves in 1963 and was among the league leaders for four years (63-66). From his SABR biography: Miller "turned in his best all-around season in 1965. He did not allow a run in 17 straight appearances covering 31 innings. His ERA shrank to 1.89 with a 14-7 record, 24 saves and only one blown save. He was again named the club’s MVP."

Miller didn't pitch in the 1966 World Series, when the Orioles used only four pitchers -- starters McNally, Palmer and Bunker, plus Moe Drabowsky -- to shut down the Dodgers.

Dodgers didn't score after the third inning of Game 1.  Best WS team pitching performance ever.

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2 hours ago, Moose Milligan said:

Where's the Doug Jones love?  You guys are slipping.

It pains me to do it, but I put Britton above Olson.  Grew up a big fan of Olson, I think he was my first Orioles autograph in 89 or 90 at a mall in Rockville.   Loved that curveball.  The cheesy sequence queued up to Kenny Rogers on the 89 highlights tape is probably my favorite part of that tape.  

Lee Smith, Randall K Myers...those guys were solid when they were here but not here long enough for me to really put them in the conversation.  IIRC, Smith was pretty good and also lead the league in saves for us but nearing the end of his line.  Watching HTS put a timer up to see how long it took for him to walk to the mound was hilarious.  Myers was dominant but with only two years here I can't put him on the list.  Tenure counts for something, IMO.

 

Gotta post a photo of that.

I'll try to take one tonight. It's in my home (not work) office. 

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2 hours ago, Redskins Rick said:

So where does Zach stack up against:

Zach

Tippy

Greg O

JJ

Lee Smith

First off, they were all great pitchers, with lots of saves here.

Tippy is a personal favorite, just for that wacky game, and he picked off 3 at first.

I think Greg had the best curve ball, that thing at times was like softball, heading for your head, until it broke down across the plate.

Zach was dominate, thats for sure.

JJ was rock solid, until he blew up.

Lee got the job done.

So my ranking, would be:   Greg / Zach / JJ  / Lee / Tippy

I am sure I missed some.

I left Chris Ray off, as good as he was, it was for a very short time here.

Randall K Myers

Olson

Zach

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I have no real memory of most of our closers before BJ Ryan. And while he was good while here, I think he was far more dominant as a lefty specialist. He had this wicked slider against lefties.

So for me, Britton was the best I've seen for the O's. By far.

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Britton was the best. He ranks among the best of all time. His numbers in 16 were ridiculous, we may never see another relief pitcher like him. That said, I am in full support of the trade, I am not at all sure if Britton will ever approach those numbers again.

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