What pitcher do you love to watch?

[olerudfan]

Past: Fernando Valenzuela and Nolan Ryan.
Present: Strasburg

 

[RogerMarisCollector61]

Past: Pedro
Present: Roy Halladay

 

[padremurph]

Strasburg and Latos are the two I always try and catch if my schedule permits.

 

[chompsmcgee]

King Felix is brilliant.

Pedro several years ago.

 

[pootshwan]

Watching Pedro Martinez absolutely dominate in the late 90's early 2000's is what I immediately thought of. His 2000 season was probably in the top 5 greatest seasons ever pitched. Take into account all the guys juicing during this period and it makes it more impressive.

 

[dinodak]

Of course Verlander and Chapman are awesome to watch.

I also loved watching those Cuban guys (El Duque, Livian and Contreras) go at it. The way they changed their arm angles and speeds of the pitches was brilliant.

 

[moxacaine]

The one that is on the mound

 

[leatherman]

Although I already posted in this thread (with Dwight Gooden as my choice), I really feel bad for all the young people on here that never got a chance to see Nolan Ryan pitch. As great as his fastball was, when he had his devastating 12-6 curveball working, he was unhittable, as evidenced by his 7 no hitters and 12 one hitters. If you ever get a chance to watch one of his no hitters (they replay them sometimes on MLB network and ESPN Classic), be sure to watch.

 

[hoopster3977]

Current ML players, King Felix.

Ron Guidry in the late 70's-early 80's

And the greatest season a pitcher has ever had that I have seen was Bob Gibson in 1968. Followed him all season long, a 1.12 ERA for the season.