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Originally Posted by salrx95
but isnt part of being great is sustaining and having a career. 5 years is such a small sample size even if it was one of the best stretches in the history of the game.
As for Maddux, he was dominant in the largely offensive steroid era while Koufax dominated during a mostly pitching dominant era.
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I don't think it's arguable that Koufax had the most dominant five years ever.
Also, they had to change the rules because of Koufax and Gibson. Not too many players you can say that about.
The league was also smaller then, making the overall talent of way team higher than it was in the 90's for Maddux.
There is something to be said for sustaining greatness, but Koufax is like Barry sanders to me in that the dominance they showed over a shorter time is simply incomparable.