#MLBRank: Koufax mythology looms large over modern lefties

playBryce Harper explains he'd choose to face Sandy Koufax at the plate over any other pitcher in the history of baseball. (0:21)It has been 50 years since Sandy Koufax last pitched in the major leagues, but his legacy still looms large, as vast as the sun that shines over Dodger Stadium on a cloudless Southern California afternoon. Indeed, in our #MLBRank of the greatest left-handed pitchers of all time, this was the order of the top three:

I suppose that order isn't even necessarily so controversial -- I suspect some might scoff at Kershaw, just 125 wins into his superlative career, ranking ahead of the likes of Warren Spahn, Steve Carlton and Lefty Grove -- but I'm here to suggest this: I…