Apr 21
With the Giants off to a slow start and their two aging superstars on the disabled list, there is not much news of my favorite team that I would wish to relate. But on the topic of baseball, I enjoyed George Will’s article on Greg Maddux.
Only two pitchers in the lively-ball era have had four consecutive seasons with an earned run average under 2.40 – Maddux and Sandy Koufax, who threw from a mound five inches higher than today’s. In Maddux’s four seasons (1992-95) his ERA was an astonishing 1.98, two runs per game lower than the National League’s 3.99 over the same period. Today, as he prepares to win at least 15 games for a record 18th consecutive year, he represents physical normality in baseball.
