And Dave Roberts taking him out during a No No 
But he never had to pitch against the greats of the game ..... And Ryan complied those numbers against many of the most talented players that ever played baseball. Many of these modern-era sports records don't really carry much weight with me to be honest. LeBron James is a phenom, and could have played during the NBA heydays and he is one of the greats of the game, and he's about to pass Kareem in all-time scoring. Thing is, LeBron never played against the talent Kareem had to and the rules are far different now, plus there were many nights when Kareem was on the bench in the 3rd and especially Fourth quarters because the Lakers had already mauled their opponents during the Show Time era, and even before then when it was just Kareem and Michael Cooper (before Magic Worthy etc.) in the mid to late 70's with the Lakers Kareem used to ride the bench because those Lakers teams weren't challenge-worthy as in winning a championship, so why play him if he could get hurt in meaningless game during the regular season?
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