re: It’s hard to overstate how good Greg Maddux was

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I see a ton of swings and misses as well as a lot of corners getting painted. You think the umpires gave a single team better strike zones but only for the pitchers?

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players reputation does have an effect on the umps both pitchers and batters


fact is the braves pitchers killed and ate innocent children to harness dark powers

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fact is the braves pitchers killed and ate innocent children to harness dark powers

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He has the widest plate in baseball. It was comical how wide that zone was.

I feel pretty certain 1999-2000 Pedro was the greatest pitcher of my lifetime, but Maddux was obviously phenomenal and had the better overall career.

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Give me whatever you think maddux’s peak was

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92-98

The greatest pitchers in my lifetime, in their prime, in no particular order:

Nolan Ryan, Randy Johnson, Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Pedro, and Scherzer.

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I feel pretty certain 1999-2000 Pedro was the greatest pitcher of my lifetime

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I can't disagree here. He was absolute filth.

I know what WAR is.

But Maddux was still better. Now like someone else said 99-2000 Pedro was the best player on the planet, but overall,Maddux was better.

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I still don’t know how the Braves didn’t win more World Series in the 90s

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You can blame the hitters for that.

Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz , in 21 World Series starts, only had a combined record of 8-8 even though they had a combined ERA of 2.26.


They had the following stats in the World Series:


.................W-L...GS....IP.....ERA...WHIP
Maddux......2-3....5....38.2....2.09...0.905
Glavine.......4-3....8....58.1....2.16...0.909
Smoltz........2-2....8....51.0....2.47...1.275



It wasnt the pitching of their big 3 that cost them rings.