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Tex · 08-11-2003, 09:57 PM

I may be a bit biased (being a braves fan) but I'ma go with Greg Maddux. What do you notice when you see the other 3 pitchers? 93+ mph fastballs on all of them, and 95 mph + on two of them. Maddux never touched 90. His extraordinary ability to get out the best hitters in the entire world simply by location, location, and more location. His circle change up ranks up there as one of the most dominating pitches in the history of the game, along with Nolan Ryan's fastball, Randy Johnson's slider etc. In 1995, he had an unheard of 19-2 season with a 1.63 E.R.A. and the year before that he had an even better 1.56 E.R.A! He has 15 straight 15+ wins seasons and is on his way to another. Greg Maddux truly defines what a "Pitcher" is.

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Tex Crazy Location: Orange County, CA	I may be a bit biased (being a braves fan) but I'ma go with Greg Maddux. What do you notice when you see the other 3 pitchers? 93+ mph fastballs on all of them, and 95 mph + on two of them. Maddux never touched 90. His extraordinary ability to get out the best hitters in the entire world simply by location, location, and more location. His circle change up ranks up there as one of the most dominating pitches in the history of the game, along with Nolan Ryan's fastball, Randy Johnson's slider etc. In 1995, he had an unheard of 19-2 season with a 1.63 E.R.A. and the year before that he had an even better 1.56 E.R.A! He has 15 straight 15+ wins seasons and is on his way to another. Greg Maddux truly defines what a "Pitcher" is.