Clarence, can you do something with this? Time machine (hot tub or not, although Craig Robinson can probably do a decent Dom Smith…), sent back to kill Voros, turns out Voros is the killer, both of baseball as we once loved it but also of poor Dom, and then something something Sandy Koufax…

I was on the beach today talking to my favorite stripper and we were like Time Machine and I was like I think I’d like to write a story about the gift shop/snack station that time travelers go to on the way out. I think beef jerky would do well. True story but yeah Maddux is like my favorite player that didn’t play for my team. He was that guy impossibly good.

Ace of the staff can’t get more than 15 outs when staked to a 3-0 lead. Bring in relief pitcher #1 who throws 11 pitches and retires the side in order. Bring in relief pitcher #2 who retires the side in order on 12 pitches. Bring in relief pitcher # 3 who retires the side in order on 11 pitches. For the love of God , don’t allow a relief pitcher to throw more that one inning so we can get the game to our 5th pitcher…. the guy with the 5.05 era!

In a stunning turn of events the guy with the 5.05 era gives up a dinger and the 6th pitcher immolates in the 10th.

Well played, strategists.

The point is not that David Peterson is as “good” as Sandy Koufax. The point here is that David Peterson, considered a soft tossing lefty by today’s standards, would have elite velocity by 1960’s standards. Conversely, Sandy Koufax’ fastball, if you put him in the Time Machine, would have a 50 grade today. It would be considered league average in terms of pure stuff. He threw low to mid 90’s. Elite in his time! The results speak for themselves. He is actually one of my favorite players ever. His curveball, one of the greatest in MLB history, would no doubt receive an 80 grade even today.

The point here is not player a vs player b. The point is that the game has changed a lot.

Last I checked, someone here favorably compared David Peterson to Sandy Koufax….