Yesterday’s radio interview is now available online here. Right now it’s playing in the main media player on that page (5/31 show). At some point it will get archived further down that page as the Week 4 show.
My appearance starts around the 39-minute mark.
Great job, Andy!
Very impressive performance.
nice job Andy and nice trivia questions.
I must say however, “Kevin Appier was by far the best pitcher in Royals history” is a little controversial.
-Appier had 45 WAR over 1843 IP = 2.44 WAR/100 IP with a 9.0 and 7.7 WAR seasons and nothing else above 6
-Brett Saberhagen had 38.8 WAR over 1660 IP = 2.34 WAR/100 IP with a 9.2, 7.7 and 6.9 WAR seasons.
Id say they are very close and you could argue either way, Saberhagen a little more peak and Appier a little more long term
Then calling Appier the 3rd best pitcher of the 90s? Whoa, Maddux, Clemens, Johnson, Pedro, Brown, Glavine, Smoltz, Cone and Mussina all could have strong cases against Appier in the 1990s.
Andy, you sounded really good. I hope you can do appearances on other sports-radio stations cc: HHH ‘Mount Rushmore” for each MLB team.
topper009:
Saberhagen vs. Appier is a tough one. Appier has a little longer Royals career, but Saberhagen has a definitely better peak, plus the 1985 World Series heroics, so I’d go with Saberhagen.