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Math Class: Greg Maddux > Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez
Written by wrigleyville   
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Bad Kermit over at Hire Jim Essian! has a great post on our old friend Greg Maddux. Though, reading through all the filth that are those statistics, what really jumps out at me was the last sentence of his first paragraph:

"If Clemens is guilty of using performance-enhancing drugs, that makes Greg Maddux the greatest pitcher of the modern era."

I couldn't agree more, good sir. I don't dabble in fancy book-learned statistics. I don't find them...what's the phrase..."fun to read." So, I don't really have any stats to prove how great he was...and I don't need to, because Kerm did so in his post. However, Kerm's post just got me thinking...I remember the Atlanta Braves version of Greg Maddux most vividly. The guy who would throw that 83 MPH two-seamer at a lefty's hindside and tail it a good six-to-ten inches back over the inside corner for the backwards "K."

He was unhittable. Baffling, even. Maddening in most cases. In my little experience with live pitching that actually changed speeds, it was fairly tough. Just imagine being at the plate against a guy who looked like Mr. Magoo, who threw effortlessly and absolutely made you look like you'd never seen a live changeup in your entire career. He was baffling...he has pitched for ages...and, he's continued to make even the best hitters look like Neifi Perez swinging a toothpick at a pinhead.

Good work, Kerm. You and your $10 numbers.

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