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 defense ...

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 ...

Little has happened at The Bellagio thus far on Day One of Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, unless you consider SS Adam Everett’s one-year contract with the Detroit Tigers to be especially noteworthy. Former Braves / Cubs / Dodgers / Padres pitcher Greg Maddux, 42, a ...

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 ...

Nothing like a fluffy Greg Maddux article...in order to club the liver-snaps out of Roger Clemens. Nice touch, Dick. Roger Clemens. Yes, him. It’s impossible to think of Greg Maddux without also thinking of Roger Clemens. They’re that similar. They were totally different in personality, ...

By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer LAS VEGAS _ Greg Maddux officially announced his retirement Monday morning at the winter meetings at the Bellagio Hotel. The Las Vegas native and future Hall-of-Fame pitcher was joined by agent Scott Boras as the right-hander said "Thank You" to ...

Greg Maddux just wrapped up his retirement press conference and not surprisingly it was everything you might have expected from the Mad Dog. During the half-hour he stood on the dais and took questions, the future Hall of Fame pitcher was both cool and calm, analytical and soft-spoken. Never ...

"He makes it look easy. You wish there was another league he could get called up to." - Dwight Gooden on Greg Maddux 13 years, 3 different trials and THIS is what we get…9 to 33 years in prison? After all the garbage we’ve had to endure (the white Bronco, Kato Kaelin, the dude with ...

Five years from now, you can expect an outraged post about how he wasn't unanimous for the Hall of Fame on the first ballot .

The major baseball story that broke yesterday is that Greg Maddux will be announcing his retirement at the major league meetings. It once looked like Roger Clemens would go in the Hall of Fame before Maddux but now it looks bleak for Clemens and if he is convicted of perjury before a ...

Greg Maddux will announce retirement Monday The Mad Dog himself, Greg Maddux (according to Scott Boras, Maddux’s agent) will retire Monday. *Note, Greg Maddux wouldn’t annouce retirement today, as he was only on three days rest…. As asked about this earlier, ...

Greg Maddux, most recently of the Los Angeles Dodgers, has decided to retire. At 43, Maddux retires with 355 career victories and is undoubtedly a first ballot Hall of Famer. To go along with his 355 wins, he also had a career ERA of 3.16 and more than 3300 strikeouts. In his more than 5000 ...

[ Cub Chairman Crane Kenney, just before he put Paul Sullivan on his knee to take dictation. ] First, Greg Maddux let it be known this evening he’ll anounce his retirement on Monday, and the odds of his entering the Hall of Fame in a Cubs hat are lower than Mark Cuban’s ...

Baseball fans will no longer have the honor of watching Greg Maddux on the mound. The four-time Cy Young winner, and holder of 18 Gold Glove awards, will announce his retirement on Monday at the winter meetings being hosted in his hometown of Las Vegas, NV. Although I still have issues/emotional ...

I'm a very impatient person and love me some Greg Maddux.  I'm thinking the Hall of Fame needs a rule change.  I can't possibly wait 5 years for his induction, I just can't do it!  I won't do it! Here's my idea: The Veterans committee should be allowed to take a vote and ...

Future Hall of Fame pitcher Greg Maddux will announce his retirement from Major League Baseball on Monday. Maddux, an 18-time Gold Glove Winner, is finishing his career with 355 wins, eight time all-star, four time National League Cy Young Award Winner and a World Series Championship in ...

After reading this article that pitcher Greg Maddux will be retiring, let us be one of the first to ask that all important question… Does Greg Maddux deserve to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame? Frankly, we think this one coudl go either way.

Greg Maddux is hanging them up according to a report . Good! Let's remember him as possibly the greatest pitcher of the 'roid era and did it without a whiff of scandal. I am DROOLING to see how his Hall of Fame ballot won't be unanimous. Now, as I wrote before ... Pedro, Curt, John and Tommy ...

Greg Maddux Is Leaving The Game. What A Career. Reports are that Greg Maddux will announce his retirement from baseball on Monday. This is a sad day for me, as I've never seen a better pitcher in my lifetime, and I had the pleasure of watching him pitch for my beloved Chicago Cubs for ...

Greg Maddux announces his intention to retire today - and today, we have lost one of the great pitchers and baseball minds. He finished his career 355-227 with a remarkable ERA of 3.16 over his 22 year career. He was born April 14, 1966. Greg Maddux is a sure hall-of-famer and it will be an ...