Maddux Returns

[love_that_reefer]

Greg Maddux knew it was time to quit pitching. He just wasn't ready to quit baseball altogether.

The four-time Cy Young Award winner rejoined the San Diego Padres on Wednesday as a spring training instructor. He pitched for the Padres from 2007 until he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in August.

Though his position is only temporary, Maddux hopes it will lead to a permanent coaching job. Maddux, who is eighth all time with 355 career wins, retired in December after 23 big league seasons.

"I love baseball," said Maddux, who was 355-227 with a 3.16 ERA in a career with the Padres, Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs.

"It's what I've always done. It's really all I know. I knew it was time to stop playing a couple of years ago," he said. "I know I probably want to get into coaching, somehow, some way later. This happened a little quick. I'm down here trying to get a taste of it and see what the coaches do before the workouts and after workouts. ... There's a lot that goes into it."

Lucky bastards! I don;t want Maddux teaching anyone in the NL West about pitching.

[HollywoodLeo]

[padrefanforever]

God knows we have a plethora of potential Greg Madduxesque type arms.... It should be interesting to see what he's able to do with the kids like LeBlanc, Inman, Garrison, Geer, Ramos etc.... the soft tossers that rely on location and movement more than power ...