Steve Stone got promoted to the big leagues in 1971, following Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry in the Giants rotation.
Heady stuff, but Stone said he was not completely ready for the show.
“I didn’t know a great deal about pitching at that point, although I thought I did,” Stone said before calling Sunday’s Rangers-White Sox game for NBC Sports Chicago.
“I was very much like Michael Kopech in that I threw 100 miles an hour,” Stone said. “He throws 102. I had a really good curveball, which held me in good stead because when I lost my fastball after two years in Candlestick Park, I was able to depend on it.