Baz, I love the game but (unlike most of you over there) I've never been able to handle the statistical side of it.
Because I worked in Chicago more than anywhere else in the USA I gravitated (and I use that word advisedly) to the Cubs. If only I'd known . . .
I still have to say that RC was the greatest pitcher I ever saw - possibly because he's been so visible over such a lonnnnngggg career. He isn't my favourite though. Historically, that was Dennis Eckersley. More recently I'm a great fan of "The Unit" since that phenomenal World series a few years ago.
Enough already !