The best, to the best

Nolan Ryan was a great pitcher.   Tony Kornheiser is a great writer.  And so when Tony Kornheiser profiles Nolan Ryan, even 31 years ago for Inside Sports, you figured they would avoid cliches like the plauge.  And yet...and yet...

This is what is now important to Nolan Ryan as far as baseball is concerned — that he is a pitcher, not a thrower.