Examining Phillies' options to start Game 1 of NLDS vs. Braves originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Diamondbacks rotation in 2001 pretty much consisted of Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling and everybody else. The Big Unit and Schill pitched in 70 games that season. The Diamondbacks won 52 of them, an otherworldly .829 winning percentage.
Manager Bob Brenly, not one to mess with a good thing, kept using the same formula until Arizona won the first and only World Series in franchise history.
It wasn't a new idea.