Greg Maddux to call it a career
Posted by Todd KaufmannMLB Baseball December 5th, 2008It looks like Greg Maddux has thrown his last pitch in the big leagues.
According to a message sent from the office of his agent, Scott Boras, Maddux will annouce his retirement at the Winter Meetings next week. A press conference with Maddux, his family and Boras will be held at the same hotel where the meetings are taking place.
Even after 23 seasons, Maddux still doesn’t cease to impress. In his final start, pitching for the Dodgers against the Giants, it was vintage Maddux as he gave up just one run on two hits over six innings pitched. If there was ever a way to finish a career, going out on the kind of game that only Maddux could throw, that was it.
Instead of me sitting here writing a long article on the career of the future Hall-of-Famer, I’ll let his accomplishments speak for themselves:
355 Career Wins (8th all time)
355-227 Career Record (.639 winning percentage)
3.16 Career ERA
8 Time All-Star
4 Cy Young Awards (1992-95)
18 Gold Gloves
Won at least 13 games in 20 straight seasons
This is the Greg Maddux that a lot of us saw growing up, through his many years with the Atlanta Braves with Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, then having some great years with the Chicago Cubs, moving on to the San Diego Padres and finally the Los Angeles Dodgers. This is, and will always be, one of the greatest pitchers of all time. What’s more amazing to me, he didn’t kill batters with speed, but it was with finess and location.
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Comment by Kyle Eslick on December 6th, 2008:
I’ve been preparing for this for awhile now, but it still saddens me. He is/was one of my favorite players because of the way he handles his business and the way he wins games.
I’m still holding out hope the Big 3 retire together, but it doesn’t look like that will happen unfortunately.
Comment by Todd Kaufmann on December 6th, 2008:
I thought for sure Maddux would try pitching one more year with Atlanta, but the Braves had little to no interest in bringing him back, which is really unfortunate.
He has to be a first ballot Hall-of-Famer without question and will always be remembered as one of the greatest pitchers of our time.
I’m just hoping we won’t see him pull a Brett Favre, but I imagine that once Greg says he’s finished, he’s finished. I wonder if we won’t see him turn up somewhere as a pitching coach…maybe in a few years.
Comment by Kyle Eslick on December 8th, 2008:
I met someone who lives next to Greg Maddux and golfs with him all the time.
I’ve heard he is an INCREDIBLE golfer. Maybe he’ll put more time into that hobby.
Comment by Todd Kaufmann on December 8th, 2008:
Kyle, I’ve heard the same. Apparently Maddux and Smoltz play at least 1 round of golf with Tiger Woods during the offseason. I don’t know how long ago I had heard this, but there was talk that Maddux could make a go at the PGA Tour and has a legit shot. Could be an interesting story to follow if in fact he goes that route.