Tom Tango loves this interview with Ryne Sandberg.

DL: Was Nolan Ryan [10 for 41, 11 strikeouts] intimidating to hit against, or just another guy with outstanding stuff?

RS: He was intimidating. He was a guy that I would know a week to ten days in advance that we were going to be facing. That was especially true at the Astrodome, where it was very tough to see. He was intimidating. You didn’t know if you were going to get no hit that night. You knew it would be a little bit uncomfortable, seeing 100 mph and an 88-mph breaking pitch that started behind you. Once a game, I’d get a pitch that would just barely brush the hairs of my arm, that I took, and didn’t even see.

Be sure to read the hockey comparison with Mike Bossy at Tango link.