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  • When Maddux Retires, is he a Cub or a Brave?

    I'd hope Braves. He won about seventy more wins for them, pitched a couple more years and more full seasons at that. Had his best years there, won a World Series there, helped lead them to a win streak there. But is there a chance he goes in as a Cub? And would there be something wrong with that?

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    I'd say there's little to no chance of him going in as a Cub, and that is the way it should be. Maddux was only part of one division title winner in Chicago, won a Cy Young Award with them and won his 300th game in a Cubs uniform. As far as I can tell, that is about all he has with the Cubbies.
    46 wins to match last year's total

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    • #3
      Maddux should enter the HoF as a Brave. His best seasons came in Atlanta.
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      • #4
        a Padre ...definately a Brave..as will Glavine ( not a chance he`ll go in as a Met )
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        • #5
          Well, Glavine is even more of a no-brainer. Glad to see no one crazily believes he'll retire a Cub.

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          • #6
            The question is actually poorly worded. Maddux will retire probably as a Padre. But he will go in the HOF as a Brave.

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            • #7
              Most certainly a Brave.
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              • #8
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                As a Brave: 194-88
                As a Cub: 133-112
                As a Padre: 17-15
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                • #9
                  Originally posted by soberdennis View Post
                  The question is actually poorly worded. Maddux will retire probably as a Padre. But he will go in the HOF as a Brave.
                  Actually, "when he retires" he won't be on any team.
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                  • #10
                    He won his World Series as a Brave and every year the division title while with them. Is there even a question?
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                    • #11
                      Is it his decision, or the HOF's?
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                      • #12
                        His, unless for some reason he says Dodgers in which case they'd almost certainly say no.

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                        • #13
                          The only way Maddux will NOT go in as a Brave is if he hangs in long enough to get to 400 wins, in which case, he MIGHT be wearing the cap of the team he's pitching for when he won his 400th.

                          Nolan Ryan should have went in as an Angel, as that was the team with which he (A) established himself as a superstar, and (B) the team with whom he had his best years. He went in as a Ranger because (A) that is the team he racked up his final milestones with, and (B) he was, personally, identified with the state of Texas.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by soberdennis View Post
                            The question is actually poorly worded. Maddux will retire probably as a Padre. But he will go in the HOF as a Brave.
                            Unless he returns to Atlanta for a final stint, who knows, maybe a Cardinal.
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                            • #15
                              A clear-cut case where the he played for the Braves both the most years and during his best years. No-brainer.
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