Interesting article on ESPN. #3 all time was the Houston Astro's from 2003. Those were heady days for Astro's fans. Brad "Lights Out" Lidge was the toast of the town. Well till Big Al took him downtown. 3. 2003 Houston Astros The Astros had power and stuff from the right side, with Brad Lidge and Octavio Dotel, and even more power from the left side, with Billy Wagner. "I was rarely concerned with batter/pitcher match-ups or pitch selection," former Astros catcher Brad Ausmus wrote in an e-mail. "Their pitches were so dominant, it was hard to put down the wrong fingers. "And, talk about shortening a game. If we could get into the sixth with a lead, we felt really good about our chances. In Wags, Lidge and OD, we probably had three of the 10 best relievers in the league." As the Yankees learned firsthand on June 11. That day, Roy Oswalt worked a hitless first inning but had to come out of the game in the second because of a groin strain. The Houston bullpen combined for eight more no-hit innings -- over the final four innings, Lidge, Dotel and Wagner combined for eight strikeouts and then they all posed for pictures afterward. That year, the Houston relievers combined for an MLB-high 495 strikeouts, and held opposing hitters to a .225 batting average. Top 10 Bull Pens in MLB History
You have to be an ESPN insider to see the list. I am impressed with the 2003 Astros bullpen. I had forgotten that they had those three guys.