tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post3236477080967579072..comments2023-06-17T08:53:42.643-04:00Comments on ShysterBall: Maddux to L.ACraig Calcaterrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-32082649490660202182008-08-19T11:39:00.000-04:002008-08-19T11:39:00.000-04:00Great stuff about Maddux in his prime. I got to s...Great stuff about Maddux in his prime. I got to see Clemens a few times as a Yankee, and even Randy Johnson once as a Mariner, before he amassed all the hardware, but I never got to see Mad Dog pitch in person. <BR/><BR/>I always admired Maddux more than those guys, though. Any guy who looks like an accountant (or a lawyer, or an engineer) who can make physical specimens like Ron Gant and Eric Davis look like fools gives me hope that my brain may yet win out over my lack-of-brawn. <BR/><BR/>I have afew thoughts on the trade over at my blog, too.Travis M. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-4127507734940816662008-08-19T11:38:00.000-04:002008-08-19T11:38:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Travis M. Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04509345527927276194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-46813548670844612962008-08-19T10:34:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:34:00.000-04:00It's just like the Bat signal, except instead of a...It's just like the Bat signal, except instead of a bat, it's a dollar sign.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-49907455864061784412008-08-19T10:30:00.000-04:002008-08-19T10:30:00.000-04:00Shyster signal? Nice. What does it look like?Shyster signal? Nice. What does it look like?tHeMARksMiThhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-58352387579143219522008-08-19T08:35:00.000-04:002008-08-19T08:35:00.000-04:00Ok, I'll reveal something about my age. The only ...Ok, I'll reveal something about my age. The only time I saw Maddux was at the Olympic Stadium ( aka The Big O ) when he was a Cub. Wow, he has pitched a long time.Eric Tomshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00632341548970196518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-50191422260669264742008-08-19T05:37:00.000-04:002008-08-19T05:37:00.000-04:00Sorry Ethan. With a Maddux story out there, Commis...Sorry Ethan. With a Maddux story out there, Commissioner Gordon lit the Shyster signal, and I was compelled to spring into action.Craig Calcaterrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00190345915954808542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-52251672411249187692008-08-19T03:12:00.000-04:002008-08-19T03:12:00.000-04:00It's friggin' 3AM on the East Coast, and I pop in ...It's friggin' 3AM on the East Coast, and I pop in to Google News for a brief break late night at the office in California. I see that Maddux is traded to the Dodgers, and I get all skippy that I can email you the news so you'll see it first thing when you wake up at too-dark-Ohio-time-small-kids-thirty in the morning. <BR/><BR/>About twenty minutes from now, I figure. <BR/><BR/>So I jump over to the Shyster, and not only do you have a Maddux post up already, but it's cribbed from an email that you wrote me two years ago. <BR/><BR/>My finished board meeting slides better be waiting in my inbox from you when I wake up, buster ;-)Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979544595471825203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9131289420618991795.post-68033782300580297352008-08-19T00:32:00.000-04:002008-08-19T00:32:00.000-04:00I saw him win his 150th and 200th while he was wit...I saw him win his 150th and 200th while he was with Atlanta (weird coincidences brought that to be considering I live in Louisville), and I still maintain he is the best pitcher of our era. Watching him for years on TBS, I loved every Maddux game. Now, all I have to look forward to is Jurrjens pitching like Maddux from the early 2000's and getting the same run support Maddux gets from the modern day Padres.tHeMARksMiThhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445834941960575715noreply@blogger.com