Greg Maddux

Columns

1. Curt Schilling belongs in Hall of Fame

   Columns

   12/27/2012

   … title of Best Pitcher in Baseball over that span of nearly a decade and a half was held -- at one time or another -- by Greg Maddux , Roger Clemens , Pedro Martinez , Randy Johnson and Johan Santana . I think it's fair to suggest he was the second-best …
2. What would arbitration hold for David Ortiz and the Red Sox?

   Columns

   02/08/2012

   … part in the process. A case can be made that Ortiz is the most prominent free agent to accept an offer of arbitration since Greg Maddux stunned the Braves by accepting such an overture after the 2002 season, a decision that yielded a one-year, $14.75 million …
3. The blueprint: How teams have built championship rotations

   Columns

   01/19/2012

   … Notable change: None, though Cone missed roughly four months of the season before returning in September. 1995 Braves Greg Maddux (1.63 ERA, 262 ERA+), Tom Glavine (3.08 ERA, 139 ERA+), John Smoltz 3.18 ERA, 135 ERA+), Steve Avery …
4. Where is the Red Sox' next closer?

   Columns

   11/23/2011

   … that are tough mentally, want to be out there, you can’t tell, they’re not breathing hard. Hoffman was like [ Greg ] Maddux as a starter. Or Mo Rivera. You can’t tell if it’s bases loaded, no one out. That’s a gift. That’s an incredible …
5. For now, Granderson is the pick for MVP

   Columns

   08/16/2011

   … history can match Pedro at his peak 1999 and 2000 -- he finished second and should have won over Ivan Rodriguez in '99), Greg Maddux never won (finished third in 1995 after his 19-2. 1.63 season), same with Randy Johnson . Here's the best case I …

Blogs

1. Juan Nieves explains Daniel Bard’s assignment, progress

   Blog

   03/28/2013

   … there. But the consistency of his delivery will be very important, the throwing. We’re not looking for him to be like Greg Maddux , pinpointing, but the ball to be where he wants to be. You know something? A lot of times, they know. But the consistency of strikes …
2. 'Roster management' key in Bard decision

   Blog

   03/27/2013

   … outing today up against something from 2010 and it’d be hard to find anything different,” Bard said. “I was never Greg Maddux . I was never a pinpoint control guy. So I’m kind of done trying to get back to that because realistically you watch anything …
3. John Farrell: Decision on Daniel Bard may come down to ‘roster management’

   Blog

   03/27/2013

   … outing today up against something from 2010 and it’d be hard to find anything different,” Bard said. “I was never Greg Maddux . I was never a pinpoint control guy. So I’m kind of done trying to get back to that because realistically you watch anything …
4. Curt Schilling on D&C: Hall of Fame shutout ‘one of the prices’ all players paid for failure to address steroids

   Blog

   01/10/2013

   … were potentially the best hitter and best pitcher of my generation,” said Schilling (who also clarified that he thinks Greg Maddux , whom he expects to get elected to the Hall of Fame next year, is the best pitcher of all time). “But what does it say …
5. Three Thoughts on Hall of Fame Results

   Blog

   01/09/2013

   … votes (67.7%) to 221 (38.8%) for Schilling. Morris is really close to the 75 percent needed but has to deal with Greg Maddux (and it’s amazing to think he won’t get 100 percent of the votes, but statements need to be made) Tom Glavine …