Found December 10, 2008 on
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My favorite pitcher has decided to call it quits. 43 years old Greg Maddux was the best-controlled pitcher I have ever watched. I am a big fan of pitchers who don't have to overpower you and who have terrific control. Maddux, who is known for his impeccable control would paint the [...]
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Via Walker-Sports
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December 08, 2008
Now, I will admit that typically we don't do a lot with baseball here at Walker-Sports, mainly because no one here is a big baseball fan. But when we received news on Friday that one of the all time greats in baseball history was ready to hang it up, we knew it was big news. Earlier today from the Bellagio Casino and Hotel Greg Maddux announced to a crowded ballroom that he...
Via Eli's MLB Rumors
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December 10, 2008
I caught up with Braves manager Bobby Cox in the lobby today and asked about Greg Maddux:"Maddux is one of the greatest pitchers to ever play the game. He is hard to describe. He's a special case. I hope he stays in the game, we need more people like him. Whether it is coaching or managing, the game could use Greg Maddux in the years to come."- Bobby Cox.This story...
Via Machochip
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December 09, 2008
La Liga: Juande Ramos, goin' back to Spain and... Real Madrid? Wow. [Guardian]MLB: Greg Maddux gets sick of bouncing around the NL West, retires from baseball. [Miami Herald]MLB: The Mets are actually underpaying? Reports are that they're close to signing Fransisco Rodriguez for three years and ...
Via The 3rd String Safety
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December 08, 2008
Greg Maddux will announce his retirement today after an excellent MLB career that spans 23 years. He finishes with a 3.16 lifetime ERA, and a 1.143 lifetime WHIP. Remember, Here at the 3rd String Safety, Wins and Losses don't matter for pitchers. They are rediculous variable stats. He did win 4 ...
Via *D NY Baseball Digest
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December 12, 2008
I know hundreds and thousands of us can't wait to see their new acquisitions play at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium We are all waiting for something new, something fresh as we get closer and closer to the 2009 baseball season. What was overlooked here in New York is how we said goodbye to someone ...
Via NY Baseball Digest
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December 08, 2008
Maybe the current Braves hate the Mets, but the players that donned the uniform throughout the years seem to have an affection playing at Shea Stadium.
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Via Five Tool Tool
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December 09, 2008
Greg Maddux shut it down today with 355 wins, and this will let loose with the obvious First Ballot Hall of Fame talk, along with the usual rattling of statistics. But I'd like to go a little more visceral than that, simply because the numbers will always be there for us, but the sense of what ...
Via Josh Q. Public
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December 09, 2008
In an era that saw steroid scandals soil the reputations of Roger Clemens and many others, Greg Maddux rose above. Greg Maddux didn't need that junk. Bobby Cox: "With Greg, you really felt that you were going to win every time he toed the rubber." And isn't that what it's all about?
Via Larry Brown Sports
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Last time a Hall of Fame pitcher retired, I wrote him quite the eulogy. Greg Maddux is incomparably better than Mike Mussina, but everyone already knows that. What more is there to say about Maddux as a pitcher? The guy was incredible during the 90s and defined the finesse style. His [...]
Via The Launching Pad
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Via Eli's MLB Rumors
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Angels outfielder Torii Hunter arrived at the Winter Meetings yesterday to discuss his foundation, Hunter's Hundreds, with baseball executives. The foundation targets schools and other programs for children and offers one hundred scholarships to kids. "Not all kids can be athletes, so it feels good to give kids other opportunities," Hunter said. Hunter won his eighth...
Via Chicago Cubs Online
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December 08, 2008
Day one from the Winter Meetings in Las Vegas was more about what could happen...than what did. Ron Santo not being elected into the Hall of Fame and Greg Maddux officially announcing his retirement dominated the daytime headlines from the Bellagio.The Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy ...
Via Tireball.com
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December 10, 2008
If Greg Maddux was a free agent what would he earn? I've wondered this the last few days as the 42-year-old with 355 wins has hung up the cleats.
Maddux only had one real shot at free agency and signed with the Atlanta Braves in the winter of 1992 following his first Cy Young season. Maddux [...]
Via InGameNow
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December 08, 2008
Today, Ron Santo failed to make it to baseball's Hall of Fame. The Tribune Company, owners of the Chicago Cubs, filed for bankruptcy. For Cubs fans, today is pretty dark. InGameNow has decided to recount the 10 darkest days in Cubs history.
10. Greg Maddux Becomes a Brave, April 5th, 1993
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Via The Power Zone
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December 09, 2008
Greg Maddux has decided to hang it up.The legendary Greg Maddux retired Monday after having one of the greatest careers in baseball history.Maddux in the 90's joined the dominant Atlanta rotation of John Smoltz and Tom Glavine that helped lead the Atlanta Braves to win the 1995 World Series. As ...
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