Randy Johnson's career was a lot like Sandy Koufax's.....needed 5-6 years to figure it out, and once they did, it was lights out.
Maddux was always fun to watch, frustrating hitters so much - they either watched a 2-seamer come back on that outside corner and strike out or they'd hit a dribbler back to Maddux. Sitting 91-92, with wiffle ball movement.
Never really liked Clemens....no real reason why. It's funny that his best season was as a Blue Jay.
Loved Henderson, but he's an idiot, lol. That doesn't matter, but it's true. He "only" had a SB success rate of 80%, similar to Coleman or Morgan, but well behind Raines.
Books should be written about Henderson. He was a marvel. Before Bonds' end-run, Rickey was the all-time leader in runs, walks, and stolen bases. That's insane.
In his 2nd season, he had twice as many BB as K. That's usually a thing that improves over time, with thousands of at-bats....but no, he just showed up with perfect strike zone control.
He stole 66 bases as a 39 year old. Stop it.
He once had the all-time walks record AND still had 3,000 hits. It doesn't make sense.
There's a reason why Bill James said you could break Henderson's career in two, and have 2 HOF careers.
