BB Wrote:
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> To me the thing that really stands out in his
> stats is that for four out of five years ('99-'03)
> he led the MAJORS in ERA, while pitching half his
> games in that lyric little bandbox of a ballpark
> in Boston. And in the year he "missed", he wasn't
> eligible because his 18 starts didn't get him
> enough innings, but his ERA would have been good
> enough for five-out-of-five.
>
> The thing I really miss about "old" baseball is
> the chance to see a guy like Pedro baffle big
> leaguers over 9 innings with skill, smarts, grace
> and moxie.

Pedro had 46 complete games over 18 seasons and 13 of those were in one season, so you only got to see him baffle big leaguers with his moxie for nine innings once or twice most seasons anyway. Funny how the memory plays tricks on us about what we saw.