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Monthly Archives: October 2021
Countdown 113: Top 10 New York Knicks of All Time
H2H 143: Bartolo Colon vs. Dennis Martinez – Who was Better?
With his 246th career win in August 2018, Bartolo Colon surpassed Dennis Martinez for most wins in MLB history by a Latin American-born pitcher; two decades earlier in 1998, Martinez himself had broken the previous record held by Juan Marichal. While Marichal was a surefire Hall of Fame pitcher, both Colon and Martinez were longtime workhorses and at times, staff aces, who pitched more than 20+ years apiece and were consistently good, sometimes great. As two of the best Latin American pitchers ever with similar overall careers spanning well into their 40s, it makes for a natural comparison:
Who was better – Bartolo Colon or Dennis Martinez?
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Tagged 1995 World Series Game 6, Angels Cy Young, Bartolo Colon vs. Dennis Martinez, best Expos players, best Latin American pitchers, decade of dominance, Martinez or Colon, most wins by a Dominican pitcher, most wins by a Latin American pitcher, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head
Countdown 112: Top 10 New Jersey Devils of All Time
H2H 142: Chauncey Billups vs. Kevin Johnson – Who was Better?
Point guards act as the “floor generals” for a basketball team and often set the tone as the heart and soul of a team, thus serving as an imperative piece of a winning franchise. For the Phoenix Suns in the 1990s and the Detroit Pistons in the 2000s, the two teams played very different styles of basketball (a fast-paced frenetic offensive style for the former, a more defense-minded, grind-it-out mentality for the latter), but were linked by the common factor of having an elite point guard in Kevin Johnson and Chauncey Billups, respectively. Though neither was ever regarded as THE best point guard in the NBA, both were top-tier floor generals for roughly a decade for among the winningest teams of their eras, thus bringing up the comparison:
Who was better – Chauncey Billups or Kevin Johnson?
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Tagged 2000s Pistons, 2004 NBA Finals, best Pistons players, best point guards of the 1990s, best point guards of the 2000s, best Suns players, Chauncey Billups vs. Kevin Johnson, decade of dominance, KJ or Billups, sports comparisons, Sports debates, sports H2H, sports head-to-head