Walter Johnson: Baseball¿s Big Train

To many, Walter Johnson is the greatest pitcher of all time. He was a star second to none throughout the golden age of sports, which spanned the era of such greats as Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig, and Al Simmons. But it wasn¿t Walter Johnson¿s blazing fastball alone that placed him on a pedestal. It was Johnson, above all others, who came to personify ¿gentlemanly conduct in the heat of battle,¿ as Shirley Povich put it. One of a small number of stars tempering the game¿s rou…