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Taking a bite out of hitters: 'Mad Dog' Greg Maddux is the thinking man's pitcher, yet he has kept it simple on his way to milestone victory No. 300.(Baseball)
Greg Maddux will go down as one of the most improbable 300-game winners in baseball history. He was never blessed with the blistering fastball of Walter Johnson of Nolan Ryan, the riding slider of Steve Carlton, of the beguiling trickery of Phil Niekro's knuckleball and Christy Mathewson's "fadeaway."
But Maddux has used every wit, wisdom and wherewithal of his 6-foot, 185-pound body for 19 years with the Cubs and Braves, winning four Cy Young Awards and 13 Gold Gloves and putting together one remarkable career. When the righthander becomes just the 22nd major league pitcher to win 300 games--he was denied the milestone victory last Sunday--he will have ...
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