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@FoolishBailey Жыл бұрын
It is amazing how fast games were in the 90s. In just under 13 minutes Maddix was able to pitch a complete game.
@hagan311 Жыл бұрын
😂
@kennymcnally1576 Жыл бұрын
And they didn’t have the pitching clock
@richardharp439811 ай бұрын
Lol!!!
@richwhiteman27558 ай бұрын
Who is maddix
@waynelaney427 ай бұрын
It’s also amazing the strike zone that NL umpires had for Maddux too
@janconner20877 ай бұрын
What a giant strikezone from that ump. Gave him a good 8 inches off the plate
@onehotseat7 ай бұрын
Eric Gregg?
@scotts47266 күн бұрын
Yo I love how he wouldn't give Sosa SHIT to hit. The way kept throwing outside to make him reach and neutralize his power as much as possible. One of the greatest pitchers of all time man I freakin miss 90s baseball
@ericlinares61208 ай бұрын
Lol Yea he ain't getting those calls these days though. That ump was a big reason why this game went the way it did. And I'm a braves fan who grew up watching maddux.
@deucedeuce333Ай бұрын
Maddux is arguably the greatest fielding pitcher in MLB history
@trewright14828 ай бұрын
I do not think anyone is even arguing that point. He has the most gold gloves by far.
@user-lu9mm9lc7l8 ай бұрын
@@user-lu9mm9lc7lnot by far, the next pitcher is only 2 behind him. Jim Kaat had 16..
@Nightwatchman537 ай бұрын
Bartolo Colon is up there too
@patrickeaton93506 ай бұрын
@@patrickeaton9350 That man was a pristine specimen of an athlete.
@dedgzus68086 ай бұрын
one of the greatest control pitchers also. Oh, and one of the greatest pitchers, period.
@Jeff-663 ай бұрын
Back in the heyday of Braves baseball. The pitching lineup was incredible. The Braves on TBS, thats classic.
@charliewerchan725211 ай бұрын
And the Cubs on WGN! Evenif you couldn't see your team, you knew you could always watch a game.
@craigkennedy4323 ай бұрын
@craigkennedy432 I just thought of how this was a hogging of the superstitions and how as a kid I'd do something like toggle between tbs and wgn just to get different perspectives. Wow, times like this I appreciate God for bringing my parents together to make me and have me live a life where I had these moments as a kid. I give my self crap today for never being the smartest, attractive, greatest, well celebrated, etc.. but to be alive and be able to look back on times like this is awesome. Now TBS has baseball for the whole nation.
@ccl58532 ай бұрын
As they say , that was the Good ole Days boys!!! Here's to you🍻
@1972mrkleenАй бұрын
I find it hilarious that the most iconic Maddux performance doesn’t qualify for a “Maddux”
@King_Immanuel Жыл бұрын
I respect you king. You comment on like every video
@biggertonouncertonthethird76 Жыл бұрын
@@biggertonouncertonthethird76☠️
@AdministrativeFinance2 ай бұрын
Dunston is a super nice guy. He autographed half a dozen things when I was a kid and was genuinely happy interacting with his fans. He’s the reason I played BB and SS.
@spiderland78119 ай бұрын
I remember the HUGE strike zones he and Glavine got
@nohandle1806 ай бұрын
I love his windup and pitching motion, looks so effortless
@tyj6081 Жыл бұрын
As a teen in the 90s, I didn't realize how good I had it watching the Braves play on TBS during summer break.
@ChristopherShaw23 күн бұрын
If only we had Statcast data for Maddux. I feel like he'd be the all-time leader in Good Piece of Pitching.
@JephHuhwahnick Жыл бұрын
There is a little bit of PITCHf/x data from 2007-2008 on Maddux. Obviously he was not throwing as hard then, but he was basically the same pitcher -- heavy reliance on a sinker, complemented with a cutter and circle change and occasional breaking ball.
@jprg196616 күн бұрын
With the game as it is now, this will never happen again. He had the best movement and control arguably ever.
@andrewboyce7268 Жыл бұрын
The year Maddux pitched this game, there were 266 complete games pitched in the majors. The last time there were 200 complete games pitched in a year was 2003. The last time there were 100 complete games pitched in a year was 2015. This year might end with fewer complete games pitched than in *2020* -- a sixty-game season.
@MetFanMac Жыл бұрын
It will never happen again also, because the strike zone is half the size.
@playdiscgolf15462 ай бұрын
You just don't see the Grace, Boggs, Gwynn types anymore. Gwynn averaged 29 strikeouts a season. Boggs 49, Grace 78. 29 is an average month for some hitters. That's amazing.
@CokeCheese Жыл бұрын
Ryne Sandberg averaged 78 in his 16 years and over 8000 AB carreer. Don Mattingly took 3 SO in a game only once, and was in the very end of his carreer and averaged 31 per season.
@ergato06 Жыл бұрын
@@ergato06 those figures are nuts.
@Meatball202211 ай бұрын
Arraez had like 34 this year with 600 ABs and a Gwynn-like .354 avg.
@joshw64497 ай бұрын
*Fun Facts:* Maddux gave up that first hit in this game to Tyler Houston @ 2:35. They both attended the same high school, Valley in Las Vegas. Houston was drafted #2 overall by the Braves in ‘89. Maddux was drafted #31 overall by the Cubs in ‘84. It was interesting to see them face off against each other playing for the team that the other guy was drafted by.
@BarnabyBaltimoron Жыл бұрын
Noticed that the pitch Houston hit was a first pitch 4 seam fastball. Smart hitting. He knew if he got deep in the count, Maddux would grab the advantage. Also, he served that ball into left field instead of trying to pull it. Awesome approach against Maddux. Houston never rec'd another outside fastball after that.
@michaelsmith-bn6no4 ай бұрын
My takeaways from this: 1) I dunno why, but pitch 27 is my favorite. 2) The guy absolutely launched that bat away on pitch 58 3) Wow, that strike zone goes all the way to the batter's box on Maddux's left hand side and he definitely knew it cuz he kept pitching to that corner of the strike zone.
@icarusmarioFAN Жыл бұрын
This is exactly my thing with Maddux too... you can say that pitchers generally got away with a lot in his era, and you can say that he got away with more than most of them due to his reputation, but does anyone REALLY doubt that Maddux is going to hit his spots if the refs force him to adjust his aim by six inches or so?
@llamalitany Жыл бұрын
@@llamalitany did you just call them the refs?
@zachPlushgaming Жыл бұрын
@@zachPlushgaming LMAO, was just watching some soccer before this. mb
@llamalitany Жыл бұрын
Pitch 65, strike. Give me a break. 6 inches off the plate. Pitch 66, 67 largely the same place...ball. You had to swing at anything close.
@CokeCheese Жыл бұрын
mine is pitch 28
@cakewolf44 Жыл бұрын
Cubs and Braves - these two teams were always on tv in the 90s.
@VidaBlue3178 ай бұрын
WGN and TBS made a lot of Cubs and Braves fans back in the day.
@scottshanahan382723 күн бұрын
This was back when there was strategy in batting. Mark Grace (the #3 hitter) was up with a man on 2nd and no outs. His task was to advance the runner to third by hitting the ball to the right side which he did successfully by hitting an easy grounder to 2nd base after fouling one to the right initially. The game has changed. Very few 3 hole hitters are doing anything but swinging for the fences in this situation today. It's sad. I also miss strategies surrounding the pitcher batting 9th... Such as walking the 8th batter to get to the pitcher. Or the double switch when removing the pitcher because his spot was early in the lineup the next inning. Or taking a pitcher out early for a pinch hitter in a moment where the team needs a key hit with runners on. Watching these 30-year-old clips reminds me of when baseball used to be a great way to enjoy an afternoon.
@leftyf743 ай бұрын
There is still strategy in batting. That strategy just so happens to be swing for the fences, because that’s the optimal strategy in most cases.
@nate_storm19 күн бұрын
THANK YOU BAILEY FOR THIS MASTERPIECE, THE PIXEL HEAD, AND THE COUNTER.
@DJTLakeShowLife Жыл бұрын
The pixel maddux really captures the small town librarian frumpiness of maddys face
@therealbs20007 ай бұрын
Man I freakin miss baseball in the 90s ☹️
@ericlinares61208 ай бұрын
Not sure how he did it, but Maddux appears to have expanded the strike zone as the game wore on, esp. on the left side of the plate. Amazing.
@mathuff56 ай бұрын
just absurd, that called strike in the 9th to dunstan
@lawrencetorrance70512 ай бұрын
Yea but look at one down the middle to the right. That ump just shifted that whole zone.
@deucedeuce333Ай бұрын
Yeah that strike zone on the left side of the plate was about two inches too wide all game long. And that strike one call against Dunston in the ninth grazed the inside chalk of the left handed batter's box.
@petme796 күн бұрын
All of Maddux' pitches had movement which is why he was so effective. His two-seam fast ball was essentially a screw ball which moved from left to right and kept batters off balance.
@edandkarendamadio41088 ай бұрын
He was a lot like a knuckleballer. Not much velocity at all... just different speeds all over the strike zone. In, out, up, down, break left, break right, and not enough velocity for anyone to crush anything. The fact that he was an outstanding fielder and a very good hitter for a pitcher probably gave him 30 more wins than he otherwise would have had.
@bradleyboyer99796 ай бұрын
Velocity is sexy, but it doesn't carry much weight in terms of keeping hitters off-balance. Major league hitters will turn around any fastball if they get a steady diet of them. Nolan Ryan had to feature a 12 to 6 curve ball thrown out of the same arm slot as his fastball to be effective. @@bradleyboyer9979
@michaelsmith-bn6no4 ай бұрын
Honestly a lot of his pitches move like question marks, it's crazy
@DeanOMiite3 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention late, late movement down and in and down away.4 seamer was thrown rarely.@@bradleyboyer9979
@michaelsmith-bn6no3 ай бұрын
Theee BEST EVER!!! MADDOG MADDOX!!! Miss those days...awesome to watch him work!!
@mattgiguere5638 Жыл бұрын
Amazing to watch him stretch the strike zone in the first 2 innings, to suddenly in the 3rd inning throwing his 2seamer outside and getting the call or swings from the Cubs trying to protect. Grade A+ pitching
@jeffheller4180 Жыл бұрын
Strike zone was absolutely bonkers. Amazing teams scored any runs at all
@jcece5270 Жыл бұрын
Well everyone was taking vitamins - they had to widen the strike zone.
@VidaBlue3178 ай бұрын
@@VidaBlue317thats what happens when you widen the players
@therealbs20007 ай бұрын
The strike zone wasn’t as high, and was wider for sure. Its better now. This was just sort of accepted that every pitcher had to adapt to the ump’s zone for the game.
@Deeplycloseted4357 ай бұрын
At least ten calls that were not strikes at all. I love Maddux but lets be fair. The outside corner with this umpire was strecthed out about 3 inches. With a smart pitcher that leaves hitters with a huge disadvantage.
@coreystone53707 ай бұрын
@coreystone5370 seriously. Maddux is so overrated, can't even break 90, gets help from umpires, totally pushed by mlb to counter the steroid narrative. You have to wonder how much he really did to earn it.
@therealbs20007 ай бұрын
Let's see how long MLB lets you keep up this *banger*
@spartacus778 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely loved watching the Braves of the 90s. Their line up was unreal. Tom Glavine and Maddux start the game and watch crazy ass Rocker sprint from the bullpen to close it out lol. Great team to watch.
@fitter54237 ай бұрын
The man was a genius on the pitching mound and I have never seen no one who was smarter.
@albertjimenez78962 ай бұрын
It is insane how accurate he was. Like a pitching machine. And once he got the outside corner, the ump gave him a few calls. He frustrated the hell out of hitters.
@mf52027 ай бұрын
For me he was the greatest pitcher of his time.
@bellazoe13 ай бұрын
44,45,and 46 has to be one of the best sequences ever. That curveball is unreal
@elcidcampeador96297 ай бұрын
Maddox did a prank video where he pretended to be grounds crew and ended up pitching BP to Chris Bryant. “that curve ball is nasty”. Lol.
@JMan-246 ай бұрын
Was that a curveball? Looks more like a slider. Definitely a nasty sequence, especially how both breaking balls were set up by the back door sinker. Servais had no shot at that outside half of the plate.
@jefffinkbonner95513 ай бұрын
44 was a sinker, 45 looked like a slider, 46 looks like a curve
@elcidcampeador96293 ай бұрын
4:43 Pitch 32. The game was already complete. That pitch HITS a lefty. That's some ump love. July 22nd...hot and humid. Oh...gotchta.
@pdxbk6 ай бұрын
His ball control was unmatched
@BigBass-xf5yi28 күн бұрын
Greg Maddux the greatest pitcher of all time Master of the mount he had unbelievable great stuff perfect locations changing speeds and Maddox had control of the ball almost like he had a string hooked to it they will never ever be another picture that can do what Greg Maddux done
@yancyprine625711 ай бұрын
10:14 THIS IS A CERTIFIED "90S STRIKEZONE" MOMENT
@rotten_banana_ Жыл бұрын
The whole 9th inning too
@davidparkhill8278 Жыл бұрын
That's an Eric Gregg strikezone. The guy was a known gambler. Look at his infamous 1997 NLCS game Braves vs Marlins when Livan Hernandez was on the mound against Maddux. He had the fix on against the Braves. It was obvious and there was nothing the Braves could do... but just take it. I remember watching it and being fumed. kzhead.info/sun/oLZsla9tnnV5m4U/bejne.html
@andrewkelley434 Жыл бұрын
Not even the worst one
@connorgillispie71286 ай бұрын
its almost like he's throwing it like a wiffle ball, it has so much movement and speed variations that it's really hard to know what he's throwing and where it's going. that 2 seamer is a thing to behold... it starts way outside the zone but just tails back.
@lakermark20068 ай бұрын
One of those legendary games for people my age.
@elbob17Ай бұрын
His change-up was simply OBSCENE!...Depraved!
@Anglovox7 ай бұрын
1- Thanks for this complement to your FB video 2- Thanks for leaving the music for the breaks in between innings 🙏
@juanjan__ Жыл бұрын
Maddux was a magician with a baseball
@kenarthur62537 ай бұрын
78 pitches and a bunch of generous strikes by the home ump. Maddux was fun to watch esp on live tv. It's all about pitch movement and not speed.
@jikan-tabi-18887 ай бұрын
78 Pitch complete game. Let that sink in
@r3tr0actiongamer246 ай бұрын
Batter: "I got a bullshit call on that last strikeout. It was out of the zone!" Coach: "Did you read the scouting report?"
@genxingit14728 ай бұрын
Imagine showing up to this game an hour late, and you could barely consume a beer before the game was over.
@patgriffith46328 ай бұрын
In 1962 I got to a Mets game 15 minutes late and they had already made 3 errors.
@soaringvulture2 ай бұрын
Prime Greg Maddux doesn’t get talked about as the greatest ever but honestly he should
@Jeterfan9062 ай бұрын
Grew up loving the Braves and idolising this pitching rotation. Two takeaways: Mark Grace was a great hitter, and holy cow that strike zone was WILD.
@lgerback347 ай бұрын
One of my favorite pitchers growing up. The man can do it all.
@bobbymoss61606 ай бұрын
Wow. We were lucky to be around to see him pitch
@WhereTheyPlayForPay7 ай бұрын
I so miss the days of Greg Maddux,Tom Glavine,and John Smoltz!!! Three of the best pitchers ever let alone on the same team!! Thank you for that fun fast walk down Braves memory lane⚾❤️🤍💙
@helenefaw32107 ай бұрын
This is fun to watch. Good idea to accompany the main channel's video with this.
@orangepiratebear Жыл бұрын
Baseball World: Can’t throw low and inside to a lefty! Maddux: Hold my beers!
@gabepeeps14 ай бұрын
Will never forget watching this particular game. Maddox was incredible
@terryshaw94712 ай бұрын
ironically 78 was the speed of his fast ball as well.
@america1st7217 ай бұрын
What crazy is offensive was so out of wack by then that Sammy Sosa had 99OPS+ in 1997 and only 160OPS+ in 1998 with 416 total bases.
@mramisuzuki69627 ай бұрын
It's so refreshing to watch one of the older games where the players don't look like a bunch of circus freaks.
@notsure91376 ай бұрын
My favorite part of this is Skip, Pete and Don calling the game. Thank goodness Joe is still around.
@mab11207 ай бұрын
Joe sucks as a bordcaster.
@rwwilson213 ай бұрын
Maddux in his prime. He pounded the corners the entire game.
@murfdog197 ай бұрын
Even the pitches that mistakenly leak-out over the middle surprise the hitters, because of the frisbee-like movement. He maybe had 3 leakers the whole game.
@michaelsmith-bn6no4 ай бұрын
If Jacob degrom had this umpire he would Legit have a 1 era.
@omar8745 Жыл бұрын
yeahjeez what a joke of an umpiring job. like 20 of those werent even remotely close... almost a showcase of how shitty he played in this game...
@chancebutler6472 Жыл бұрын
That's Eric Gregg, his strike zone is always wide as shit
@johnlindsay4310 Жыл бұрын
@@johnlindsay4310 No one complained...the camera angle may make it look a foot off the plate, but everything had movement
@4EyedAnimation7 ай бұрын
@@4EyedAnimation- Yeah, right.. moved from a foot off the plate to 18 inches. 🙄
@TAYLORFAN507 ай бұрын
Umpires have always controlled the narrative. I’m a big baseball fan but it’s hilarious to think otherwise
@playdiscgolf15462 ай бұрын
Beautiful pitching to Mark Grace. Hit's outside corner for a strike, the comes inside and his the corner for strike 3. So too, Maddux knew this Cubbie team would try to pull every outside pitch ... the result being a lot of ground ball outs.
@TruthHasSpoken26 күн бұрын
I know everyone is complaining about the expanded strike zone; but with the camera angle being from Maddux’s right side, anything on the left inside corner of the plate is going to look further inside than it is. We’re not seeing the pitches straight on like the umpire is. I’m not saying all of them were actually strikes, but they were closer than we’re seeing from our angle. Either way, it was a dominant performance.
@robertbarnwell5404 Жыл бұрын
The camera angle was the same from 1980s to 2020
@playdiscgolf15462 ай бұрын
Imagine Maddux in today's game? He would carve them up like a fresh steak. ERA records would fall.
@drowssapma6 ай бұрын
Maddox was getting the outside pitch called a strike the entire game by the home plate umpire Eric Gregg. Watch the call at 11:34. The catcher actually sets up outside the plate by an inch or two, and Maddox throws it about a foot outside the plate (based on the plate being 17 inches and the ball appears to be outside about 2/3 the plate width), and Gregg calls it a strike. I believe that was the most egregious called strike in this game, but there may have been a few more egregious ones.
@jmadratz2 ай бұрын
Gregg was notoriously awful behind the plate.
@PantsofVanceАй бұрын
One of my favorite things about this video is hearing Pete, Joe, Skip, and Don.
@brentaddison19734 ай бұрын
Eric "Hamburger" Gregg's strike zone was almost as wide as himself.. But, he called it for both pitchers. Maddux was smart enough to take advantage of it and throw one of the best pitching performances I have ever seen. 78 freaking pitches, lol Unreal.
@FedorMachida11 ай бұрын
I miss 90's baseball
@ChadH20233 ай бұрын
Ahh the good ol days TBS and the Braves!
@SR-cz5sp8 ай бұрын
RIDICULOUS control…unmatched
@mr.smithgnrsmith78087 ай бұрын
Every one of his pitches complement each other perfectly. Helps when you get those calls for strikes that far off the corner as well. I don't know who the home plate ump was but goddamn man
@bigperm41197 ай бұрын
You are the hero we don’t deserve Mr. Bailey
@willrice8392 Жыл бұрын
I remember SportsCenter doing this that night, only it was each pitch without the result of each. It ran about one second per pitch for the reel. Impressive stuff. To this day as an official scorer, I refer to any completedd inning of less than 10 pitches as a "Maddux" (Sorry, Red Barrett, only learned of you about a year ago.)
@6thwilbury2331 Жыл бұрын
9:30 for the missed pitch
@timothyhowser8733 Жыл бұрын
The players in this game: the HOFers Sandberg and Chipper in addition to Maddux. Add in Sosa and A. Jones and you've got 5 starters with more than 60 fWAR a piece. Edit: Mark Grace was pretty good, too.
@nathanalday3062 Жыл бұрын
A. Jones will be getting a next few years.
@bclautz Жыл бұрын
@@bclautz half the team in those years should be in the HOF. They were so darn good
@Meatball202211 ай бұрын
How I sorely miss Braves on TBS with Skip Caray, Joe Simpson, Pete Van Wieren… those were the days
@thisisam9408 ай бұрын
A Greg Maddux pitch was like a box of chocolates, you never knew what you were going to get.😂
@ianreed95712 ай бұрын
Maddux pitches to the on deck circle were called strikes, so...
@stephenbuza13 күн бұрын
Remarkable performance, but home plate umpire Eric Gregg should get credit also. His strike zone was wider than he is! I love the look on the face of the reliever the Braves had up in the bullpen in the 9th. I'm sure he's thinking, "What the heck am I doing this for?!!!"
@dape89932 ай бұрын
If all umpires were like Eric Gregg, games would be so much faster.
@johnlindsay4310 Жыл бұрын
The editing to put this together, damn. Also, nice to see Eric Gregg behind the dish.
@mspionage17437 ай бұрын
This is the most amazing pitching performance in history. Most pitchers throw more than this in 6-7 innings. Goes to show just how his pitches made hitters just look and feel silly. Something about his style makes people swing and make minimal contact.
@Meatball202211 ай бұрын
Because they looked like meatballs until you swung at them maybe
@therealbs20007 ай бұрын
With Maddux, you get to see only the top half of the ball as a hitter, because everything he throws stays down, and has downward movement. This induces ground balls. He generally gave-up very few fly ball outs as a result.
@michaelsmith-bn6no4 ай бұрын
That home plate ump loved this game. “Honey, I’ll be home by 5.”
@matthewchildres4364Ай бұрын
Especially considering he was giving Maddux a very generous plate...
@PantsofVanceАй бұрын
This kind of thing can happen when the home plate ump calls strikes that are 3 inches off the outside corner of the plate to a right-handed batter.
@33MyBean7 ай бұрын
3 inches? Those 2 seamers are almost an entire foot off the plate
@kurtisviktor33142 ай бұрын
there were a few gimme calls but ump was pretty good most of the game. lets not confuse him with angel hernandez
@h44514 күн бұрын
I was at this game with my dad - the first of a doubleheader. We didn't even realize that we had seen this game because, as a young Cubs fan, all I cared about was the fact that the Cubs lost and not that we had just witnessed a pitching masterpiece.
@adammartin30572 ай бұрын
Pitches 33, 66, 71 and 73 would make even Angel Hernandez blush. ☺
@teddymark432420 сағат бұрын
It's easy with Eric Gregg calling balls & strikes. He had a habit of adding 3" to the outside corner.
@kromerm7 ай бұрын
Truely incredible
@Baseball_Clips_ Жыл бұрын
He never threw more than 5 pitches at any at bat. Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
@ringmasterblaze2 ай бұрын
I wish there was a baseball channel where you could just watch all the games of any teams you wish for any season you wish.
@LEEMAN-XАй бұрын
A surgeon, pinpoint control.
@johnsmith22217 ай бұрын
Pitch #2 is what I always envision when I think about Maddux.
@KTF08 ай бұрын
La mecánica del wind up de Maddux es perfecta, no para lanzar 100 mph sino para poner la bola donde quiere.
@nicasio19167 ай бұрын
Qué genio más impresionante fue Maddux. Desde entonces no se ha visto siquiera un pitcher cercano a su tipo. Ahora solo lanza piedras abundan.
@marmirc226 ай бұрын
What a nasty pick by Chipper!
@DavidJones-ey6ie2 ай бұрын
Man, I'm struck by how "clean" and "peaceful" watching a game on television was back then. No tickers, no watermarks, heck there aren't even any advertisements lining the ballfield.
@ccampbell02yt3 ай бұрын
He’s really underrated on how much movement his pitches get.
@johnsmith22217 ай бұрын
Especially when he got his hands on a scuffed ball.
@soaringvulture2 ай бұрын
That strike zone is huge
@Marc-io8qm7 ай бұрын
11:34 that strike being called today would stop the game lmao holy shit this umps zone was so far wide left from the pitchers view.
@user-ww8nz5oo2l Жыл бұрын
The movement, change of speed, and location is about as good as you will see.
@brad13687 ай бұрын
Maddux aided by Eric Gregg's massive strike zone and them wanting to get Game 1 of a doubleheader in, but still impressive.
@toddtheautistichermit8 ай бұрын
That strike zone was crazy. I could get guys out with that strike zone and I throw 70 lol
@tpstrat147 ай бұрын
EG strike zone was just his width.
@mramisuzuki69627 ай бұрын
Magnifico💪
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Largest strike zone in the history of MLB
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So basically, if the catcher could catch the ball, it was a strike.
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It is amazing how fast games were in the 90s. In just under 13 minutes Maddix was able to pitch a complete game.
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And they didn’t have the pitching clock
Lol!!!
Who is maddix
It’s also amazing the strike zone that NL umpires had for Maddux too
What a giant strikezone from that ump. Gave him a good 8 inches off the plate
Eric Gregg?
Yo I love how he wouldn't give Sosa SHIT to hit. The way kept throwing outside to make him reach and neutralize his power as much as possible. One of the greatest pitchers of all time man I freakin miss 90s baseball
Lol Yea he ain't getting those calls these days though. That ump was a big reason why this game went the way it did. And I'm a braves fan who grew up watching maddux.
Maddux is arguably the greatest fielding pitcher in MLB history
I do not think anyone is even arguing that point. He has the most gold gloves by far.
@@user-lu9mm9lc7lnot by far, the next pitcher is only 2 behind him. Jim Kaat had 16..
Bartolo Colon is up there too
@@patrickeaton9350 That man was a pristine specimen of an athlete.
one of the greatest control pitchers also. Oh, and one of the greatest pitchers, period.
Back in the heyday of Braves baseball. The pitching lineup was incredible. The Braves on TBS, thats classic.
And the Cubs on WGN! Evenif you couldn't see your team, you knew you could always watch a game.
@craigkennedy432 I just thought of how this was a hogging of the superstitions and how as a kid I'd do something like toggle between tbs and wgn just to get different perspectives. Wow, times like this I appreciate God for bringing my parents together to make me and have me live a life where I had these moments as a kid. I give my self crap today for never being the smartest, attractive, greatest, well celebrated, etc.. but to be alive and be able to look back on times like this is awesome. Now TBS has baseball for the whole nation.
As they say , that was the Good ole Days boys!!! Here's to you🍻
I find it hilarious that the most iconic Maddux performance doesn’t qualify for a “Maddux”
I respect you king. You comment on like every video
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Dunston is a super nice guy. He autographed half a dozen things when I was a kid and was genuinely happy interacting with his fans. He’s the reason I played BB and SS.
I remember the HUGE strike zones he and Glavine got
I love his windup and pitching motion, looks so effortless
As a teen in the 90s, I didn't realize how good I had it watching the Braves play on TBS during summer break.
If only we had Statcast data for Maddux. I feel like he'd be the all-time leader in Good Piece of Pitching.
There is a little bit of PITCHf/x data from 2007-2008 on Maddux. Obviously he was not throwing as hard then, but he was basically the same pitcher -- heavy reliance on a sinker, complemented with a cutter and circle change and occasional breaking ball.
With the game as it is now, this will never happen again. He had the best movement and control arguably ever.
The year Maddux pitched this game, there were 266 complete games pitched in the majors. The last time there were 200 complete games pitched in a year was 2003. The last time there were 100 complete games pitched in a year was 2015. This year might end with fewer complete games pitched than in *2020* -- a sixty-game season.
It will never happen again also, because the strike zone is half the size.
You just don't see the Grace, Boggs, Gwynn types anymore. Gwynn averaged 29 strikeouts a season. Boggs 49, Grace 78. 29 is an average month for some hitters. That's amazing.
Ryne Sandberg averaged 78 in his 16 years and over 8000 AB carreer. Don Mattingly took 3 SO in a game only once, and was in the very end of his carreer and averaged 31 per season.
@@ergato06 those figures are nuts.
Arraez had like 34 this year with 600 ABs and a Gwynn-like .354 avg.
*Fun Facts:* Maddux gave up that first hit in this game to Tyler Houston @ 2:35. They both attended the same high school, Valley in Las Vegas. Houston was drafted #2 overall by the Braves in ‘89. Maddux was drafted #31 overall by the Cubs in ‘84. It was interesting to see them face off against each other playing for the team that the other guy was drafted by.
Noticed that the pitch Houston hit was a first pitch 4 seam fastball. Smart hitting. He knew if he got deep in the count, Maddux would grab the advantage. Also, he served that ball into left field instead of trying to pull it. Awesome approach against Maddux. Houston never rec'd another outside fastball after that.
My takeaways from this: 1) I dunno why, but pitch 27 is my favorite. 2) The guy absolutely launched that bat away on pitch 58 3) Wow, that strike zone goes all the way to the batter's box on Maddux's left hand side and he definitely knew it cuz he kept pitching to that corner of the strike zone.
This is exactly my thing with Maddux too... you can say that pitchers generally got away with a lot in his era, and you can say that he got away with more than most of them due to his reputation, but does anyone REALLY doubt that Maddux is going to hit his spots if the refs force him to adjust his aim by six inches or so?
@@llamalitany did you just call them the refs?
@@zachPlushgaming LMAO, was just watching some soccer before this. mb
Pitch 65, strike. Give me a break. 6 inches off the plate. Pitch 66, 67 largely the same place...ball. You had to swing at anything close.
mine is pitch 28
Cubs and Braves - these two teams were always on tv in the 90s.
WGN and TBS made a lot of Cubs and Braves fans back in the day.
This was back when there was strategy in batting. Mark Grace (the #3 hitter) was up with a man on 2nd and no outs. His task was to advance the runner to third by hitting the ball to the right side which he did successfully by hitting an easy grounder to 2nd base after fouling one to the right initially. The game has changed. Very few 3 hole hitters are doing anything but swinging for the fences in this situation today. It's sad. I also miss strategies surrounding the pitcher batting 9th... Such as walking the 8th batter to get to the pitcher. Or the double switch when removing the pitcher because his spot was early in the lineup the next inning. Or taking a pitcher out early for a pinch hitter in a moment where the team needs a key hit with runners on. Watching these 30-year-old clips reminds me of when baseball used to be a great way to enjoy an afternoon.
There is still strategy in batting. That strategy just so happens to be swing for the fences, because that’s the optimal strategy in most cases.
THANK YOU BAILEY FOR THIS MASTERPIECE, THE PIXEL HEAD, AND THE COUNTER.
The pixel maddux really captures the small town librarian frumpiness of maddys face
Man I freakin miss baseball in the 90s ☹️
Not sure how he did it, but Maddux appears to have expanded the strike zone as the game wore on, esp. on the left side of the plate. Amazing.
just absurd, that called strike in the 9th to dunstan
Yea but look at one down the middle to the right. That ump just shifted that whole zone.
Yeah that strike zone on the left side of the plate was about two inches too wide all game long. And that strike one call against Dunston in the ninth grazed the inside chalk of the left handed batter's box.
All of Maddux' pitches had movement which is why he was so effective. His two-seam fast ball was essentially a screw ball which moved from left to right and kept batters off balance.
He was a lot like a knuckleballer. Not much velocity at all... just different speeds all over the strike zone. In, out, up, down, break left, break right, and not enough velocity for anyone to crush anything. The fact that he was an outstanding fielder and a very good hitter for a pitcher probably gave him 30 more wins than he otherwise would have had.
Velocity is sexy, but it doesn't carry much weight in terms of keeping hitters off-balance. Major league hitters will turn around any fastball if they get a steady diet of them. Nolan Ryan had to feature a 12 to 6 curve ball thrown out of the same arm slot as his fastball to be effective. @@bradleyboyer9979
Honestly a lot of his pitches move like question marks, it's crazy
You forgot to mention late, late movement down and in and down away.4 seamer was thrown rarely.@@bradleyboyer9979
Theee BEST EVER!!! MADDOG MADDOX!!! Miss those days...awesome to watch him work!!
Amazing to watch him stretch the strike zone in the first 2 innings, to suddenly in the 3rd inning throwing his 2seamer outside and getting the call or swings from the Cubs trying to protect. Grade A+ pitching
Strike zone was absolutely bonkers. Amazing teams scored any runs at all
Well everyone was taking vitamins - they had to widen the strike zone.
@@VidaBlue317thats what happens when you widen the players
The strike zone wasn’t as high, and was wider for sure. Its better now. This was just sort of accepted that every pitcher had to adapt to the ump’s zone for the game.
At least ten calls that were not strikes at all. I love Maddux but lets be fair. The outside corner with this umpire was strecthed out about 3 inches. With a smart pitcher that leaves hitters with a huge disadvantage.
@coreystone5370 seriously. Maddux is so overrated, can't even break 90, gets help from umpires, totally pushed by mlb to counter the steroid narrative. You have to wonder how much he really did to earn it.
Let's see how long MLB lets you keep up this *banger*
Absolutely loved watching the Braves of the 90s. Their line up was unreal. Tom Glavine and Maddux start the game and watch crazy ass Rocker sprint from the bullpen to close it out lol. Great team to watch.
The man was a genius on the pitching mound and I have never seen no one who was smarter.
It is insane how accurate he was. Like a pitching machine. And once he got the outside corner, the ump gave him a few calls. He frustrated the hell out of hitters.
For me he was the greatest pitcher of his time.
44,45,and 46 has to be one of the best sequences ever. That curveball is unreal
Maddox did a prank video where he pretended to be grounds crew and ended up pitching BP to Chris Bryant. “that curve ball is nasty”. Lol.
Was that a curveball? Looks more like a slider. Definitely a nasty sequence, especially how both breaking balls were set up by the back door sinker. Servais had no shot at that outside half of the plate.
44 was a sinker, 45 looked like a slider, 46 looks like a curve
4:43 Pitch 32. The game was already complete. That pitch HITS a lefty. That's some ump love. July 22nd...hot and humid. Oh...gotchta.
His ball control was unmatched
Greg Maddux the greatest pitcher of all time Master of the mount he had unbelievable great stuff perfect locations changing speeds and Maddox had control of the ball almost like he had a string hooked to it they will never ever be another picture that can do what Greg Maddux done
10:14 THIS IS A CERTIFIED "90S STRIKEZONE" MOMENT
The whole 9th inning too
That's an Eric Gregg strikezone. The guy was a known gambler. Look at his infamous 1997 NLCS game Braves vs Marlins when Livan Hernandez was on the mound against Maddux. He had the fix on against the Braves. It was obvious and there was nothing the Braves could do... but just take it. I remember watching it and being fumed. kzhead.info/sun/oLZsla9tnnV5m4U/bejne.html
Not even the worst one
its almost like he's throwing it like a wiffle ball, it has so much movement and speed variations that it's really hard to know what he's throwing and where it's going. that 2 seamer is a thing to behold... it starts way outside the zone but just tails back.
One of those legendary games for people my age.
His change-up was simply OBSCENE!...Depraved!
1- Thanks for this complement to your FB video 2- Thanks for leaving the music for the breaks in between innings 🙏
Maddux was a magician with a baseball
78 pitches and a bunch of generous strikes by the home ump. Maddux was fun to watch esp on live tv. It's all about pitch movement and not speed.
78 Pitch complete game. Let that sink in
Batter: "I got a bullshit call on that last strikeout. It was out of the zone!" Coach: "Did you read the scouting report?"
Imagine showing up to this game an hour late, and you could barely consume a beer before the game was over.
In 1962 I got to a Mets game 15 minutes late and they had already made 3 errors.
Prime Greg Maddux doesn’t get talked about as the greatest ever but honestly he should
Grew up loving the Braves and idolising this pitching rotation. Two takeaways: Mark Grace was a great hitter, and holy cow that strike zone was WILD.
One of my favorite pitchers growing up. The man can do it all.
Wow. We were lucky to be around to see him pitch
I so miss the days of Greg Maddux,Tom Glavine,and John Smoltz!!! Three of the best pitchers ever let alone on the same team!! Thank you for that fun fast walk down Braves memory lane⚾❤️🤍💙
This is fun to watch. Good idea to accompany the main channel's video with this.
Baseball World: Can’t throw low and inside to a lefty! Maddux: Hold my beers!
Will never forget watching this particular game. Maddox was incredible
ironically 78 was the speed of his fast ball as well.
What crazy is offensive was so out of wack by then that Sammy Sosa had 99OPS+ in 1997 and only 160OPS+ in 1998 with 416 total bases.
It's so refreshing to watch one of the older games where the players don't look like a bunch of circus freaks.
My favorite part of this is Skip, Pete and Don calling the game. Thank goodness Joe is still around.
Joe sucks as a bordcaster.
Maddux in his prime. He pounded the corners the entire game.
Even the pitches that mistakenly leak-out over the middle surprise the hitters, because of the frisbee-like movement. He maybe had 3 leakers the whole game.
If Jacob degrom had this umpire he would Legit have a 1 era.
yeahjeez what a joke of an umpiring job. like 20 of those werent even remotely close... almost a showcase of how shitty he played in this game...
That's Eric Gregg, his strike zone is always wide as shit
@@johnlindsay4310 No one complained...the camera angle may make it look a foot off the plate, but everything had movement
@@4EyedAnimation- Yeah, right.. moved from a foot off the plate to 18 inches. 🙄
Umpires have always controlled the narrative. I’m a big baseball fan but it’s hilarious to think otherwise
Beautiful pitching to Mark Grace. Hit's outside corner for a strike, the comes inside and his the corner for strike 3. So too, Maddux knew this Cubbie team would try to pull every outside pitch ... the result being a lot of ground ball outs.
I know everyone is complaining about the expanded strike zone; but with the camera angle being from Maddux’s right side, anything on the left inside corner of the plate is going to look further inside than it is. We’re not seeing the pitches straight on like the umpire is. I’m not saying all of them were actually strikes, but they were closer than we’re seeing from our angle. Either way, it was a dominant performance.
The camera angle was the same from 1980s to 2020
Imagine Maddux in today's game? He would carve them up like a fresh steak. ERA records would fall.
Maddox was getting the outside pitch called a strike the entire game by the home plate umpire Eric Gregg. Watch the call at 11:34. The catcher actually sets up outside the plate by an inch or two, and Maddox throws it about a foot outside the plate (based on the plate being 17 inches and the ball appears to be outside about 2/3 the plate width), and Gregg calls it a strike. I believe that was the most egregious called strike in this game, but there may have been a few more egregious ones.
Gregg was notoriously awful behind the plate.
One of my favorite things about this video is hearing Pete, Joe, Skip, and Don.
Eric "Hamburger" Gregg's strike zone was almost as wide as himself.. But, he called it for both pitchers. Maddux was smart enough to take advantage of it and throw one of the best pitching performances I have ever seen. 78 freaking pitches, lol Unreal.
I miss 90's baseball
Ahh the good ol days TBS and the Braves!
RIDICULOUS control…unmatched
Every one of his pitches complement each other perfectly. Helps when you get those calls for strikes that far off the corner as well. I don't know who the home plate ump was but goddamn man
You are the hero we don’t deserve Mr. Bailey
I remember SportsCenter doing this that night, only it was each pitch without the result of each. It ran about one second per pitch for the reel. Impressive stuff. To this day as an official scorer, I refer to any completedd inning of less than 10 pitches as a "Maddux" (Sorry, Red Barrett, only learned of you about a year ago.)
9:30 for the missed pitch
The players in this game: the HOFers Sandberg and Chipper in addition to Maddux. Add in Sosa and A. Jones and you've got 5 starters with more than 60 fWAR a piece. Edit: Mark Grace was pretty good, too.
A. Jones will be getting a next few years.
@@bclautz half the team in those years should be in the HOF. They were so darn good
How I sorely miss Braves on TBS with Skip Caray, Joe Simpson, Pete Van Wieren… those were the days
A Greg Maddux pitch was like a box of chocolates, you never knew what you were going to get.😂
Maddux pitches to the on deck circle were called strikes, so...
Remarkable performance, but home plate umpire Eric Gregg should get credit also. His strike zone was wider than he is! I love the look on the face of the reliever the Braves had up in the bullpen in the 9th. I'm sure he's thinking, "What the heck am I doing this for?!!!"
If all umpires were like Eric Gregg, games would be so much faster.
The editing to put this together, damn. Also, nice to see Eric Gregg behind the dish.
This is the most amazing pitching performance in history. Most pitchers throw more than this in 6-7 innings. Goes to show just how his pitches made hitters just look and feel silly. Something about his style makes people swing and make minimal contact.
Because they looked like meatballs until you swung at them maybe
With Maddux, you get to see only the top half of the ball as a hitter, because everything he throws stays down, and has downward movement. This induces ground balls. He generally gave-up very few fly ball outs as a result.
That home plate ump loved this game. “Honey, I’ll be home by 5.”
Especially considering he was giving Maddux a very generous plate...
This kind of thing can happen when the home plate ump calls strikes that are 3 inches off the outside corner of the plate to a right-handed batter.
3 inches? Those 2 seamers are almost an entire foot off the plate
there were a few gimme calls but ump was pretty good most of the game. lets not confuse him with angel hernandez
I was at this game with my dad - the first of a doubleheader. We didn't even realize that we had seen this game because, as a young Cubs fan, all I cared about was the fact that the Cubs lost and not that we had just witnessed a pitching masterpiece.
Pitches 33, 66, 71 and 73 would make even Angel Hernandez blush. ☺
It's easy with Eric Gregg calling balls & strikes. He had a habit of adding 3" to the outside corner.
Truely incredible
He never threw more than 5 pitches at any at bat. Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
I wish there was a baseball channel where you could just watch all the games of any teams you wish for any season you wish.
A surgeon, pinpoint control.
Pitch #2 is what I always envision when I think about Maddux.
La mecánica del wind up de Maddux es perfecta, no para lanzar 100 mph sino para poner la bola donde quiere.
Qué genio más impresionante fue Maddux. Desde entonces no se ha visto siquiera un pitcher cercano a su tipo. Ahora solo lanza piedras abundan.
What a nasty pick by Chipper!
Man, I'm struck by how "clean" and "peaceful" watching a game on television was back then. No tickers, no watermarks, heck there aren't even any advertisements lining the ballfield.
He’s really underrated on how much movement his pitches get.
Especially when he got his hands on a scuffed ball.
That strike zone is huge
11:34 that strike being called today would stop the game lmao holy shit this umps zone was so far wide left from the pitchers view.
The movement, change of speed, and location is about as good as you will see.
Maddux aided by Eric Gregg's massive strike zone and them wanting to get Game 1 of a doubleheader in, but still impressive.
That strike zone was crazy. I could get guys out with that strike zone and I throw 70 lol
EG strike zone was just his width.
Magnifico💪
Largest strike zone in the history of MLB
So basically, if the catcher could catch the ball, it was a strike.
That two seamer is deadly
He is the best