By Limey
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on February 23, 2000.
Ray Lopez made one of the most crass comments I’ve heard about a pitcher. He said that Mike Hampton was much better than Jose Lima, as T2 was the ace and so faced the other team’s #1 starter. Lima, he maintained, was the #3 pitcher and so faced only the other team’s #3 guy. I’ve heard this repeated in the TZ, although it’s usually jumped on with gusto by those of us that know better. In addition to getting the rotation wrong (Shane Reynolds was the opening day pitcher and thus the Astros #1), Knight conveniently ignored the fact that off days, injuries and rain outs quickly make a mockery of the #1 vs #1 theory. Read More