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Old 12-15-2010, 09:14 AM
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for slotdirt: according to people who know what they are talking about, on paper, they seem to match up pretty damn well.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/hotsto...son&id=5920160
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:30 AM
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Says Jayson Stark the former Phillies beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

ETA that antitrust obviously didn't read the last few lines of Stark's article:

But beyond that, it's a reminder of something more important:

Great as this Phillies rotation might look, it hasn't done anything yet. It's just four names printed out on a roster. Period.

They might be four awfully famous names, with already-spectacular track records. But until they actually pitch together, dominate together and win together, anyone who tries to compare them with the great rotations in history is just speculating -- or dreaming.
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:44 AM
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ZIPS projections have the 2011 Phillies rotation as the 15th best of all time. Like I was saying yesterday, it's obviously a great rotation, but let's not get ahead of ourselves with this "best of all time" nonsense.
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Old 12-15-2010, 09:50 AM
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Says Jayson Stark the former Phillies beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

ETA that antitrust obviously didn't read the last few lines of Stark's article:

But beyond that, it's a reminder of something more important:

Great as this Phillies rotation might look, it hasn't done anything yet. It's just four names printed out on a roster. Period.

They might be four awfully famous names, with already-spectacular track records. But until they actually pitch together, dominate together and win together, anyone who tries to compare them with the great rotations in history is just speculating -- or dreaming.
yeah no shi.t... I've only posted that a few times in this thread.

I could care less about Stark's opinion... and he's absolutely correct with the above... but I posted the article so you could read the credible opinions of people in MLB who were associated with those past great rotations.
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