Braves’ bullpen trio better than the Nasty boys?

By Kent Covington Braves All-Star left-handed reliever, Johnny Venters In the summer of 1990, three flame-throwing Cincinnati relievers became the toast of Major League Baseball. The trio, which came to be known as the “Nasty Boys”, was comprised of southpaws, Randy Myers and Norm Charlton, and the riffle-armed righty, Rob Dibble.  To this day, the “Nasty Boys” are still remembered as one of the most dominant back-end bullpen ensembles in the history of the game. Twenty-one years later, we may have found one even better. The Atlanta Braves have unearthed a frightening young bullpen ensemble of their own. With lefty middle reliever, Eric O’Flaherty, locking down the 7th inning, LH power-sinker setup man, Johnny Venters, silencing bats in the 8th, and the right-handed strikeout machine, Craig Kimbrel, turning out the lights in the 9th… the Braves now feature baseball’s most overpowering bullpen trio. We like to call them, the “Unholy Trinity” (our refusal to use the “O’ventbrel” ni...