Dorks And Losers

Per­haps the great­est pitcher of his gen­er­a­tion, Greg Mad­dux retires after win­ning 355 games through over 5,000 innings.

There will be tons of sto­ries about the starter, so I will leave you with the best one about him I’ve read recently.

From ESPN favorite Gene Wojciechowski’s “Every­thing Mad­dux Wasn’t” arti­cle:

He wasn’t ill-prepared enough. In 1996, just before Mad­dux and the Atlanta Braves faced the New York Yan­kees in the World Series, pitch­ing coach Leo Maz­zone met with his starters and reliev­ers and read them the detailed scout­ing reports. Mad­dux raised his hand after Maz­zone read the report on Yan­kees slug­ger Bernie Williams.

“That report is not cor­rect,” Mad­dux said. “I’ve been watch­ing film of Williams for two weeks, and that report is not correct.”

“Did every­body hear that?” Maz­zone said.

The Braves pitch­ers nodded.

“Well, then the hell with this report,” Maz­zone said. “We go with what Mad Dog says.”

Williams hit .167 in the Series.

Mad­dux will be missed…

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