Comments on: Greg Maddux is nothing but a big phony, I tell you!

By: What was and will be « Rowland's Office

What was and will be « Rowland's Office — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:51:18 +0000

[...] his absence was disappointing). Favorite moment: Maddux exhorting the Braves to beat the Mets. From Mark Bradley’s column the following day: Andy Benes was pitching for Arizona and plunked a Braves’ hitter. Cox told his [...]

By: Human Trend » Mad Dog’s Jersey Retired By Braves

Human Trend » Mad Dog’s Jersey Retired By Braves — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:13:52 +0000

[...] Rogers from the AJC has a good piece on Maddux here…Mark Bradley calls Maddux the “smartest ballplayer ever” here… and a slob… Share and [...]

By: MB

MB — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:53:04 +0000

Loved watching him play, but I am glad he retired as now I see him at least 2-3 times a week. Our sons have played on the same baseball team for almost 3 years. He always has a great baseball stories to tell and loves teaching the kids about baseball, heck he even throws B.P. every once in awhile (lucky kids). He is as great a person as he was a great baseball player. THANKS GREG.

By: dawes

dawes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:33:42 +0000

bill bradley is a sport writer he should watch he said

By: Often Disappointed/Never Surprised!

Often Disappointed/Never Surprised! — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:31:55 +0000

I see your “speed”, and I will raise you “movement”! Winning hand every time. Way to go Greg!

By: dawes

dawes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:30:57 +0000

i going miss greg maddux he was my favorite pitcher ever i don,t think theie ever been a pitcher good as him and never will be he is a first hall of fame ballot

By: timthebrave

timthebrave — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:11:24 +0000

Sage of Bluesland, And Jair Jurrgens is awful. He is only one game over .500 and Vasquez has been terrible this year too. Just got to .500. Thanks for the great insight on Maddux. What would we do without it

By: dawes

dawes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:19:42 +0000

you should be shame what you said about maddux their is not a nicer out their

By: Jay Stone

Jay Stone — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:20:40 +0000

The thing that sticks with me about Maddux is how unassuming he has always been. I was covering one of his starts, and his record when his team scored four or more runs was something like 88-2 over five years, and he’d won that night 7-2 or something. So I asked him about that record after the game and he said, “You’re supposed to win when your team scores four, dude. You’re going to win 7-5 sometimes, right?” Another story: After he’d left the Braves, he was pitching against them with the Padres and a couple of ball/strike calls had gone against him. The Braves scored two or three runs. At the end of the inning, he crosses paths with the home plate umpire and says, “I’m really bad, and if I have to throw five strikes to get an out, it’s going to be ugly.” (the umpire was miked for national TV). Just very polite, and then he kept on walking to the dugout. So solid. And I love that his departure from Atlanta didn’t included any criticism of the Braves on the way out the door.

By: Mark Bradley

Mark Bradley — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:09:06 +0000

Thanks to one and all for the kind words.

And Ms. Whalen did not become Mrs. Bradley, Bill. (Lucky for her, I’d say.) Last I heard, she was married and living in San Diego.