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Originally Posted by GirlySports
First ballot right?
I think he should be a unanimous first-ballot HOFer, but I'm sure some baseball writer will nitpick Maddux's career and leave him off their ballot the first year.
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He's about as slam dunk as you can get for the HOF. I think voters will be especially happy to cast their ballot for him considering the era he pitched in and that his name has never been attached to performance enhancing drugs.
He's one of the best of all time. As a Braves fan, I was hoping he, Glavine and Smoltz would all retire the same year to align for the HOF together. I think all three are first ballot types.
As for which hat... he pitched a lot of years with the Cubs, but I would be surprised if he didnt go in with a Braves hat - he enjoyed his greatest success there, pitched there for a long time and won his World Series there.