Days Of Dominance: The Houston Astros' 1986 Rotation of Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott, Bob Knepper, Jim DeShaies

Musicologists have spent plenty of ink detailing how The Beatles got together. Like the Fab 4, the rainbow-wrapped 1986 Astros starting rotation didn’t just merge in one day, either….or by accident.

Nolan Ryan was used to being the ace on a pitching staff. But, on the 1986 Houston Astros, who won the National League Western Division that year, he not only wasn’t the ace, he was happy to be a mem…