Maddux notches 3,000 Ks

[YankeeDoodle]

Great job, Mad Dog. 300+ wins, and now 3,000 strikeouts - quite an accomplishment! :thumbsup: What's more is that he's a control pitcher, not one to throw heat.

 

Maddux takes different path to 3,000 Ks

 

Cubbies are gonna need ya now that Wood is BACK on the DL (bullpen?).

[Sox fan in Tex]

He was actually from my hometown of San Angelo, Texas. I love watching this guy pitch.... one of the greatest pitchers of all time.

[yeszir]

And how about his brother Mike. One of the all-time Red Sox greats.

[AgentAnni008]

i love it when he gives his post game interviews with his glasses on he begins his sentences with "aahh". he has got to be one of the dorkier 300/3000 guys. gives all us dorks someone to look up too and be proud of.

[Manny Goes Boom]

Phenominal pitcher, and "the chicks dig the long ball"

[MC Hammer]

i love it when he gives his post game interviews with his glasses on he begins his sentences with "aahh". he has got to be one of the dorkier 300/3000 guys. gives all us dorks someone to look up too and be proud of.

 

That's really one of the reasons I started liking the guy. He played for the Braves so I did hate him at one point, but I eventually learned to love him. If you never watched baseball before and you saw maddux on the hill you'd think the cubs were in trouble. He looks like he should be teaching a class, or mixing chemicals, not winning 15+ games for the last how many years. Maddux is proof that you don't even have to throw 90mph to be one of the best pitchers of all time.

 

Second best right handed pitcher I've seen in my liftime. Sorry Greg but Pedro's gotcha beat.

[BoSox Rule]

My top 5 pitchers of all-time

 

1. Roger Clemens

2. Greg Maddux

3. Pedro Martinez will be number 1 when he gets 3000 innings

4. Tom Seaver

5. Bob Gibson

[MC Hammer]

My top 10 pitchers of all-time

 

1. Roger Clemens

2. Greg Maddux

3. Pedro Martinez will be number 1 when he gets 3000 innings

4. Tom Seaver

5. Bob Gibson

 

Uh ... I dont even know where to begin with how wrong that list is. There is no way that 3 pitchers from our generation are top 3. Roger Clemens is no where near the best pitcher of all time. Maddux is no where near the 2nd. Pedro is probably right around 3rd as his WPCT and K/9IP and I believe something else stand 3rd all time. Maybe you should have made the top 5 pitchers you've seen list. No Cy Young? No Walter Johnson? Grover Cleveland? Warren Spahn? Christy Mathewson? Sandy Koufax? I could keep going and going. Everyone of the guys listed there are more qualified to be #1 and #2 than clemens and maddux, and I could probably name 10 more.

 

EDIT: I just saw that it said "My top 10". So if you ment that they were your favorites then I apologize. If you were listing the most qualified ... then read that ^^

[BoSox Rule]

It is entirely possible that three pitches from our generation are the three best pitchers of all-time. Just look at these numbers. Conditions and circumstances play a huge role in that. Walter Johnson's numbers in the dead ball era throwing only a fastball aren't as impressive as Roger Clemens putting up better adjusted numbers in the steroid era. Same for the others compared to Pedro and Maddux.

 

Same for Gibson and Seaver who played in leagues where the quality of play was at an all-time high.

[riverside sluggers]

Babe Ruth as well should be in that list, same games hed be striking out the side, would also be belting balls into the next districts

[MC Hammer]

It is entirely possible that three pitches from our generation are the three best pitchers of all-time. Just look at these numbers. Conditions and circumstances play a huge role in that. Walter Johnson's numbers in the dead ball era throwing only a fastball aren't as impressive as Roger Clemens putting up better adjusted numbers in the steroid era. Same for the others compared to Pedro and Maddux.

 

Same for Gibson and Seaver who played in leagues where the quality of play was at an all-time high.

 

Forget everyone else on the list. I was just upset seeing Rocket at #1 . I mean he's great he's near the top of my list, but he won in pinstripes. So that was my problem, but I decided that as long as Pedro is top 3 I dont care how you rank anyone else.

 

P.S. Hey Petey keep kicking ass in NY and just build up those numbers for the day you go into the HOF ... wearing a Red Sox hat.