Article 15
Dr. House slayer
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Longivity is an issue with him.Mush as it pains me to admit it, Pedro Martinez in his prime with Boston is at least on par and probably better than Bob Gibson. In the most degenerate "let 'eh hit mo' homers than ever before and a 5.0 ERA is average" system Pedro had a consistent ERA sub 2.
It's like Gretzky in 81
When you take into consideration the mound being lowered, the DH rule, and the rampid steroid use going on during Pedro's prime years he may very well be the best ever.
I would not include him in the best ever, or even the top ten.
Allow me to ammend that then. At his peak he may have been the best ever though not in terms of complete body of work.