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The Great Greg Maddux

The Dodger fans out here in Los Angeles love Greg Maddux so much they are writing poems about him!  (Which is probably easy to do after his performance Friday against the Padres.)

This appeared in today's LA Daily News.

http://dailynews.com/ci_4345206

There is also an interesting article accompanying the poem about Vin Scully & Maddog as well.  

Read it and weep, fellow Cubs fans...

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Why should I weep?
I'm happy for him.
hhhhiftqdaa

by theprognosticator on Sep 17, 2006 4:15 PM CDT reply actions  

I think the poem is a silly
The weirdest thing of Madddux's reception in LA
is that one of the things I like best about him is
that he has no interest in being a celebrity.  He
understands he is a public person to a degree
but has gone out of his way to live his off field
life as  normally as possible. While he does the
requisite number of interviews & charity events
he has to the best of my knowlege done only
the famous Nike commercial over a decade ago
and will not be showing up on DANCING WITH THE
STARS any time soon.
In  one of the most insightful profiles of him back
in 95 when he was the most dominating player in
baseball he told the writer, Thomas Boswell how
he reconciled his athletic fame with a low key life
" Around the balpark, they know who you are,
he says" but you go a couple of miles up the road,
dude they got no clue"

After 20 years of being the most self effacing
of all athletes, I am pretty sure LA is going to
change him

I HATE NED COLLETTI

by jessica on Sep 17, 2006 7:03 PM CDT reply actions  

huh?
I am pretty sure LA is going to change him

you mean isn't going to change him?

I just don't see Maddux changing no matter where he goes.

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by jonpyardi on Sep 18, 2006 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions  

My worst typo yet
I meant LA would NOT change Maddux though
I am a little nervous that he was spotted drinking
WINE at his locker, however it was from a paper cup.

However Maddux clearly values his privacy and
ability to blend into a crowd and I would be shocked
if he started showing up at film premiers or talk shows.

I trust him to be a good geek/nerd to the  end

I HATE NED COLLETTI

by jessica on Sep 18, 2006 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

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