An Ode To "Mad Dog"

Greg Maddux has decided to hang it up.

The legendary Greg Maddux retired Monday after having one of the greatest careers in baseball history.


Maddux in the 90's joined the dominant Atlanta rotation of John Smoltz and Tom Glavine that helped lead the Atlanta Braves to win the 1995 World Series.

As a Cubs fan who watched Greg Maddux get his 300th win and his 3,000th Strikeout on WGN, let me say: Thanks for the memories, Greg.

"Mad Dog" showed that you didn't have to throw 95 MPH and strike out ten batters a game to be sucessful in the Major Leagues. You just have to be a smart pitcher, and Greg Maddux was without question, a very smart pitcher.

I Can't wait to see Greg Maddux give his Hall Of Fame acceptance speech in Cooperstown a few years from now. He deserves it.

Like a true Cowboy, Greg Maddux will now ride off into the sunset.

John Smoltz: 3,000 Strikeouts

Click On The Video to see John Smoltz get his 3,000th Strikeout against the Washington Nationals. Hurry! There Is Only a limited ammount of time before MLB Advanced Media will file a copyright claim to get the video removed!


Smoltz struck out 10 batters, but the braves lost 6-0 to the Washington Nstionals, but nobody will remember the score of the game 20 years from now. They will remember John Smoltz. Smoltz has been on the front and back end of the Braves rotation, as he saved 55 games in 2002 while winning 14 games for the eventual NL East Champions upon his return to the bullpen.

If you add to that the Braves are the only uniform he's ever put on in a dying art of players staying with one team their entire career, John Smoltz should abseloutely Join Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux in the Hall Of Fame in Cooperstown.