South Jersey’s favorite son
His Angels teammate surely faced Doc more:
Doc’s legacy isn’t lost on the young players who’ve come up after him:
Doc had few contemporaries to compare himself to, but one of them was just as sad as the rest of us:
One thing you always hear Doc is his work ethic. And his teammates weren’t shy about admitting that Doc had that “first one in, last one out mentality.”
The casual fan looks at stats and knows that Doc was one of the greatest pitchers of his time. You know who else thought that? Derek Effing Jeter, that’s who: