Greg Maddux is retiring.

[KowboyKoop]

Greatest pitcher of our era. That's just my opinion though.

[TheNamelessPoet]

I hope not but... I would COMPLETELY understand. 1st ballot should be unanamus but he wont if randy retired it would be a WILD ballot since it COULD have been Smoltz, Glavine,Maddux,Johnson, Schilling. talk about a SERIOUS pitching ballot. i think either Glavine or Smoltz and Schilling would be left off since they wont want 5 guys, 3 from the same team all on 1 ballot. makes no sense to me but you know how weird the voters are

[KowboyKoop]

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/8...irement-Monday

[TheNamelessPoet]

*sigh* I'm happy for him sad for baseball lol

[RedsoxRockies]

Baseball without Greg harrasing Rooks will be different....

[filihok]

That sucks. At least I got to see him in person in Dodger blue this year

[OldFatGuy]

Wow, could this just be the first of several big names??? I'm wondering if Glavine and Smoltz, long time friends and teammates don't follow. And if so, imagine that Hall of Fame class, Maddox, Glavine, and Smoltz will solidify it probably on coattails. Then that leaves Mike Mussina the odd man out, once again a victim of luck.

It could get very interesting over the next couple of weeks in terms of retirements.

[filihok]

It'd be a bit poetic if Maddux, Smoltz and Glavine kept the Moose out of the Hall on his first try.

They are big parts of the reason he didn't get his due while he was playing, why not look up at their asses one more time?

[TheNamelessPoet]

I THINK the odd man out besides Moose is I THINK Smoltz tho I think he was better than Glavine

[DarthJaker]

He's looks like he's 75 (no offence)

[OldFatGuy]

I THINK the odd man out besides Moose is I THINK Smoltz tho I think he was better than Glavine

Yeah, I here ya, that's why I mentioned coattails. I think IF Maddox, Glavine, and Smoltz all retire this offseason, the voters are going to lump them together in the voting as well. I think Smoltz alone might've been questionable (not in my mind), but I'd be willing to bet that IF this happens (all three retire), that the voters won't be able to resist that HOF class.

[TheNamelessPoet]

Think about how good Johnson was and how he DOMINATED with strikeouts right... now imagine that Nolan Ryan had 13-14% MORE strikeouts... at the moment 1,000 and if he gets to 5,000 he would STILL be 700 short... god thats amazing

[RedsoxRockies]

That sucks. At least I got to see him in person in Dodger blue this year

Terrible Picture LOL. I find taking ictures ofd the players, not the screen, works better

[michaelg123789]

Smoltz was better than Glavine but he didn't have the longevity unfortunately. Still all 3 of three of them so go in at the same time, would be cool!

They were the face of the Braves for over a decade and a half and Atlanta hasnt been the same since they left and/or began their downward spiral.

[ragecage]

Its sad to see him go, I think it will be a very long time, if ever, before we see someone so mechanically perfect as Maddux again. Maddux in his prime I will take anyday over just about every Hall of Fame pitcher out there.