[ravensandricks]

Koufax was retired before I was *born* and he's still one of my favorite players of all time. The tapes I've seen of his curveball are absolutely breathtaking - there's nothing else I've ever seen that comes close.

Incidentally, my all-time favorite, Jim Palmer, beat Koufax in Koufax's last game.

[riverdawg]

"... my all-time favorite, Jim Palmer, beat Koufax in Koufax's last game."

Palmer was a favorite of mine, as well. In the 1970's, I used to drive up to Baltimore from the DC area if there was a Sunday afternoon game with Palmer on the mound. I would get a seat on the third-base side, where Brooks Robinson still patrolled, eat a crab cake sandwich, and drink a couple of National Bo's. For a baseball fan, it doesn't get much better than that.