Ain't this the truth. I remember back when Mark Prior was starting out they were comparing him to Nolan Ryan (throwing mechanics mostly). Then low and behold he had nowhere near the staying power. Even though I'm a cubs fan Nolan Ryan is probably my favorite player of all time. It's real close between him and Ryan Sandberg, but the footage of him beating the hell out of the guy that charged the mound is priceless. Anywho, back to the original point yeah someone needs to break out for some team and be that staying power that we haven't seen since the days of Nolan Ryan. I guess the closest thing since has been that braves pithcer, schmidt I think. But he went from starter to closer back to starter. Ahh, damned ramblings.
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