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Greg Maddux - Future Hall of Fame Pitcher Greg Maddux RHP (The Professor, Mad Dog) Rob Neyer tabbed Greg Maddux "The Smartest Pitcher Who Ever Lived" Greg Maddux won 355 games! Maddux is one of only 10 pitchers to achieve both 3,000 strikeouts and 300 wins. Plus he won the Cy Young Award in four consecutive years!  Personally, I think that Greg Maddux should be elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.  Maddux was a good natural athlete who won 18 Gold Glove Awards. David Schoenfield writes ... If you're too young to have seen Maddux pitch, go over to YouTube and check out some highlights.  Here he is  pitching eight shutout innings in Game 2 of the 1996 World Series. He threw a low-90s fastball with great movement, making it cut or sink, but with impeccable command and precision.  In 1997, he issued just 14 unintentional walks in 232 2/3 innings; I'm sure several of those were intentionally unintentional. He varied his speed so every...