Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz- best pitching staff in recent memory?

[Sid Bream's Slide]

This thread makes me sad.

[Ender]

Maddux from 92' to 98' was better than most top threes since then by himself, Smoltz and Glavine were just icing on the cake.

[janssenlbd]

you can make an argument that this was the most dominant top 3 of all time.

growing up, it was awesome to be able to watch 3 first ballot hall of famers on the the same staff for so long. i have spent my whole life in los angeles too. thank god for tnt/tbs

[Tavish]

you can make an argument that this was the most dominant top 3 of all time.

growing up, it was awesome to be able to watch 3 first ballot hall of famers on the the same staff for so long. i have spent my whole life in los angeles too. thank god for tnt/tbs

There is definitely a case for them being the best of All-Time. You would have to look for other teams that had 3 HoFers during the prime of their careers.

The closest threesome would probably be the early 1950s Indians with Feller, Lemon, and Wynn.

Mid 1910s Philly staff with Bender, Pennock, and Plank.

Can't really count the early 70s A's since Fingers wasa RP but they had Blue and Hunter as well.

[janssenlbd]

you can make an argument that this was the most dominant top 3 of all time.

growing up, it was awesome to be able to watch 3 first ballot hall of famers on the the same staff for so long. i have spent my whole life in los angeles too. thank god for tnt/tbs

There is definitely a case for them being the best of All-Time. You would have to look for other teams that had 3 HoFers during the prime of their careers.

The closest threesome would probably be the early 1950s Indians with Feller, Lemon, and Wynn.

Mid 1910s Philly staff with Bender, Pennock, and Plank.

Can't really count the early 70s A's since Fingers wasa RP but they had Blue and Hunter as well.

good stuff. i think the koufax/drysdale/podres trio obviously deserves mention too.

podres isnt a hall of famer, but did make a couple all-star teams and was money in the postseason.

[wrveres]

To this day, I still love watching all three of these guys pitch anytime I get a chance, even though they are on different teams.

Can you think of a better trio than these 3 with Atlanta during the 90s? They are the most dominant staff I ever had a chance to see... I can't think of anyone else who could rival them. Discuss

[wake]

Especially considering that they also had some good #4 starters during that time that had better seasons than most other teams' ace.

'93 Steve Avery- 2.94 ERA 1.16 WHIP
'97 Denny Neagle- 2.97 ERA 1.08 WHIP
'99 Kevin Millwood- 2.68 ERA 1.00 WHIP

[Yoda]

I think ATL definitely had the best rotation that I can remember. Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz are three shoe-in HOFers. Hudson/Mulder/Zito were good also but nowhere near as good as those in ATL.

[prose749]

They had Steve Avery in there for quite a few years also. Its amazing that they couldn't win more world series rings in the 90's.

[Cooner]

They had Steve Avery in there for quite a few years also. Its amazing that they couldn't win more world series rings in the 90's.

exactly what I was thinking... he was an All-Star at least a year or two, and I think MVP of one of the NLCS against the Pirates one of those years. Shut them out two games that series.