Greg Maddux To Announce Retirement

Hall Of Fame much.

That's one heck of a career. Congratulations Mr. Maddux.

One amazing career.

Five more years till the Professor is inducted into the HOF, first ballot.

Great career for Maddux, first ballot Hall of Famer.

also - 18 Gold Gloves and 180 sacrifices (3rd all time). Great bunting technique (getting way forward in the box to minimize the possibility of a foul). More pitchers should use it.

Maddux is the reason why I am a Rockies fan today. When he left the Cubs in 1992, I also left the Cubs. (Yeah, I agree that it's strange that I didn't follow him to the Braves).

Good for Greg - One of the best the game will ever see.

maddux setting all time vote percentage record?

He deserved more rings than he got... HOF '14

"Hall of Fame, 1st ballot, Braves uniform. Its a done deal."

$tupid F@#* cheap a$$ tribune and company...

Greg.. go to Texas work with your brother and develop those young arms!

Congratulations on a great career with no * by your stats. You will be missed.

You said it; one of the All Time best...and a great guy to boot. Just a perfect ambassador for the game of baseball. Chicks may dig the long-ball, Professor, but in an era stained by steroid sluggers, you did it right. Anyone can dig that...and history will remember you long after those hulking cheats have exhausted their eligibility to join you in the Hall. Thanks for the memories.

Maddux was simply amazing. He never got his fastball much about 92, even in his best years, but would absolutely dominate a game. Complete games under 90 pitches (perhaps even under 80) were his thing. Truly an amazing pitcher and an example of why scouts and MLB management really need to look outside the box when looking for talent.

"i'm gonna say he becomes the first ever unanimous HOF'er. whoever votes against that man should be taken out and shot.."

The scary thing is that there are guys who didn't vote for the likes of Willie Mays and Hank Aaron.

Maddux setting all time vote percentage record?

I defenitly see that happening. I've fallowed his career despite what team he was on.18 gold gloves I would be surprised if any one tops that, most players careers don't last that long.

I hate stupid self imposed HOF rules. Who cares if Babe Ruth didn't get in with a 100% ballot. Why does the stupidity of voters 50+ years ago have to affect your voting today. Why do some writers feel that some hall of famers ARE hall of famers, but they're just not 1st Ballot hall of famers. Whisky Tango Foxtrot does that mean?

My suggestion...cases like these, where a guy, unless he murders someone from now until 2014, should be a 100% no doubt about it HOF member should be a litmus test for voters. Any voter who doesn't put him on their ballot for whatever reason loses their voting privileges. I don't care if you forgot, or figured everyone else would so he'd have enough, or you just ran out of ink in your pen. Don't vote for him, and you're done.

greatest pitcher i will ever see. i say this with confidence, even though im only 24.

HAHA, forgot all about "Chicks Dig The Long Ball".

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This board is a small sample of baseball fans. I see posters of fans from various teams above. Yet every post is positive about Greg Maddux and what he has meant to the game. Not just the Cubs, Braves, Dodger or Padre fans. It is rare in baseball to see a guy get what will be a very high first ballot and respected by so many fans who love the game. There are Hall Of Fame players, then there are Hall Of Fame Players who are respected even more. That group is small. An example is another pitcher who will be a HOF player, but not respected so much. I'll leave the name out because when it comes to class, this person does not belong in a Greg Maddux post or on his thread. We can tell our kids and grandkids someday we watched one of the best there ever was in terms of ability and humbleness. There just is not many like him who ever played.

I really dig Maddux. I remember opening up my first pack of Donruss 1987 baseball cards and getting his "rated rookie" card. He and Mussina are the epitome of an intelligent pitcher. I think he and Moose would make great pitching coaches.

One of the greatest EVER. Look at his numbers in the mid '90s...and the hitters he faced...wow...

I never got to see him pitch in person...I will always regret this.

Great career Mad Dog. Instant HOF... shot at first ever unanimous selection.

"Is he top 5 pitcher of ALL TIME?"

Eh, now we're getting into a very rough territory. Definitely one of the best in this era, but baseball changes enough every era it's difficult to compare players. Even when we do it just can go nuts.

After Randy Johnson I can't even imagine ther ever being another 300 game winner much less a 355 game winner.

maddux is a hall of famer regardless, but i wonder if he pitched in d al his whole career, and moose pitched in d nl, who would have the better stats, again no disrespect to maddux, its just a hypothetical.

jpg-that would be precisely the sort of thing a writer would say to not vote for him the first time around.
something tells me he wants no part of being a pitching coach. he's such a quiet guy, i could see him retiring quietly, playing golf til kingdom come and not really being heard from again. which would be sad because he has so much to teach people. i just think he has had enough of baseball, at least for now...

Career ERA+:

Maddux - 132
Mussina - 123

Close, but all in all, Maddux was the better pitcher regardless of league. Maddux also had nine seasons (check out 1994-95) of a > 150 ERA+, Mussina two.

VERY sad to see this happening, but wow a GREAT career!! One of my favorite pitchers of all-time. HOF here he comes. One question, what jersey will he be going into the hall in? Cubs, Braves? Could he sign a one day contract just so he can wear that jersey in the hall?

I remember the day maddux left the Braves. It was the first time i felt sad over such a thing.

and for the guy that said maddux and mussina should be compared, you should not be posting on a baseball site if thats what u truly believe. Maddux redefined pitching with his precision, fielding, and knowledge of the game. Mussina though highly effective and a very good pitcher is a borderline Hall of Famer. and the AL dominance is a rather new thing before it was the yankees against who ever could manage to come out on top in the NL

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The Mad Dog may be the craftiest pitcher...ever. I once watched him pitch an 87 pitch complete game 2 hitter. It honestly looked like he was simply toying with major league hitters. Greg, you will be missed. You made me proud to be a Braves fan!

Greg Maddux is a great pitcher. Too bad Chicago let him go...he HELPED develop Glavine...

He was an influence to all.

"Make your strikes look like balls, and your balls look like strikes"

HOF For sure. Him and Randy Johnson are both in the top 5 of all time.

Quitter!

Grin.

The only I ever had against Maddux was when back in '93 he didn't want to sign with Yankees because 'my wife would divorce me if we lived in New York'. Lost out on four WS rings. But Mad Dog was the best pitcher of this generation & a class act to boot. I hope he resurfaces as a coach.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Maddux pitches like Neil Peart plays the drums. Almost machine-like and they both have the nickname of "Professor". Maddux is my favorite pitcher of this generation and will go in on the first ballot! Also, for you Rock fans, Rush should go into The Rock And Roll HOF as well!