As a Detroit Tiger fan, I'm ecstatic that my team now fields the best hitter (Cabrera) and the best starting pitcher (Verlander) in the game. I was wracking my brain trying to come up with a time when the Tigers had both on their team, and I don't think they ever have. The closest they've come was probably the 1930s, when they had guys like Schoolboy Rowe and Tommy Bridges on their pitching staff, and hitters like Greenberg and Gehringer. But although these were all fine players, and in some cases HOFers, none of them were considered THE best during their careers.
So I'm fairly certain the Tigers have never had the best pitcher/hitter combination. Then I started thinking about other teams...and for the life of me, I can't come up with any! I'm sure there were. I know the Red Sox came close with Pedro and Manny, but when Manny was going strong, first of all he was most likely juicing, which in my mind disqualifies him; but, even with the juice, I don't think Manny was universally acknowledged as the greatest hitter (with other juicers like Bonds, McGwire, etc. as contemporaries)
Can anyone name a team that had players who were pretty much universally acknowledged as the best hitter and pitcher in the game at the same time? I'm coming up with a blank!!!
So I'm fairly certain the Tigers have never had the best pitcher/hitter combination. Then I started thinking about other teams...and for the life of me, I can't come up with any! I'm sure there were. I know the Red Sox came close with Pedro and Manny, but when Manny was going strong, first of all he was most likely juicing, which in my mind disqualifies him; but, even with the juice, I don't think Manny was universally acknowledged as the greatest hitter (with other juicers like Bonds, McGwire, etc. as contemporaries)
Can anyone name a team that had players who were pretty much universally acknowledged as the best hitter and pitcher in the game at the same time? I'm coming up with a blank!!!
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