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OilerBuck: "Yet you placed Randy Johnson on your list based on a single postseason and an otherwise TERRIBLE postseason record?"
Olier, Randy Johnson (who, unless memory serves me very incorrect, was never a Yankee) was a super-dominant pitcher in two postseasons, not one. In the '95 DCS, Johnson singelhandedly pitched Seattle into the LCS against the Indians:
1 start, 1 relief appearance, 2.70 ERA, 2-0, with 16 K's in 10 Innings. And, oh yeah, he also dominated the extra Playoff game against California that season to get into the Playoffs. Seattle wasn't able to set the rotation for the Yankees in Game 1 (he still dominated), or the Indians in Game 1 of the LCS. He had a 2.35 ERA in the LCS against the '95 Indians, who were one of the best offensive clubs of all time.
And his losing post-season record is because he's 0-3 combined in two Series with Seattle and Houston, and his ERA was 2.35 and 1.93, respectively, in those Series. His record is a result of his team being bad, not because he wasn't dominant.
Case closed. He's better than Orel. Its unfathomable to me that I get grilled for saying Randy Johnson (again, not a Yankee) id better than Hershisher. You've GOT to be an Indians fan.
Di: "there is no way a yankee fan would ever let a dodger or red sox on this team......"
I have no axe to grind with the Dodgers. A Yankee fan hates two teams: the Mets and the Red Sox. Behind that (& at a much lower level), you go with AL rivals: Baltimore, Cleveland, Seattle, etc. L.A. isn't on the radar screen. And let me put it to you this way: I LOVE Hershiser and the '88 Dodgers because they majorly upset my hated Mets, who would've cruised to another painful title if not for the Bulldog.
And I like the Gibson posting. Probably the best big gamer ever. What about the "Big Train" Walter Johnson, Tom Seaver, or Sandy Koufax? Those were three all timers.
Oiler: "Other than a slight hint of shading from pinstripe-colored glasses, this was a well thought out and pretty good list. Definately inspired some thought."
Olier, I'm not biased. Well, I am, but I tried to be objective when putting my list together. All of these pitchers on my list are based on people that I've seen up close, in a big-spot: in other words, Yankees who pitched big games, pitchers who pitched big games against the Yankees, or others that I may have glimpsed here and there. If you notice, all of the 3 non-Yanks on my list dominated the Yanks in the post-season. Its not bias, I went with what I've seen.
That's why Jack Morris (who Di brought up and would probably be anywhere from # 2 to # 5 on that list if I revisited it), didn't come to mind when I was writing it up. Other than many, many regular season games against the Yanks over the years, they never crossed paths in the Playoffs, and hence, he never came to mind. Another one I'd put on that list that I completely forgot about is Dave Stewart.
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