While Barack Obama and Joe Biden may represent the dynamic 1-2 punch of the United States, it’s much more important, and more controversial, to figure out the best 1-2 punches in Major League Baseball.
In the early 2000’s, it was easy to notice the league’s top pair of aces, Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks. However, at the dawn of this decade, it’s much harder to distinguish which staff boasts the best 1-2 punch.
After spending an entire sermon scribbling ideas and rankings on the back of church bulletins, I determined the top 10 1-2 punches in baseball.
The system I used to determine the point totals is Danny Ciaccio’s Magical Scale of Aces, which ranks pitchers on a scale of 1-10 based on the other aces in the league.
i.e. 1=Zach Duke (Pirates No. 2) and 10=Roy Halladay (Phillies No. 1)
