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After 4 hits.Maddux likely to miss pitching award
Teammate may be chosen to fill shoes of Cy Young winner
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ATLANTA — It began to seem almost routine. Greg Maddux would have a brilliant year, then he would pick up another Cy Young Award.
What Maddux accomplished in the past four years was one of the most remarkable feats in baseball history, equal to DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak, Hank Aaron's 755 home runs and Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters.
Four consecutive Cy Young awards
But the streak is finished.
"It's a nice award," Maddux said. "You really don't think about it much during the season. But in the wintertime, I would look up on the wall at my plaques and, yeah, it would feel good."
Greg Maddux
for the first time since 1991, Maddux won't be voted the best pitcher in the National League. He probably will have to settle for being the third or fourth-best pitcher.
It took a 20-win season — the first in the majors since 1993 — to knock Maddux from his throne. He is happy that the 20-game winner — and his likely heir — is one of his teammates, John Smoltz. In
fact, it looks like the Braves will have the three pitchers who have combined to win the last six NL Cy Youngs.
"To win four in a row, I don't know if people realize how hard that is to do," said Toni Glavine, who won it in 1991. "I don't know if it will ever be done again. I certainly don't think it will be done in my lifetime."
Certainly, the streak doesn't have the drama of Pete Rose chasing Ty Cobb for base-hit immortality. Maddux's accomplishment was methodical and without a lot of fanfare, just like the man himself.
It was a matter of the best pitcher in baseball maintaining a consistent level of brilliance year after year — after year after year.
Young seasons, he won 20 games both years with ERAs in the low 2s. It was in the last two years that Maddux further distanced himself from his peers.
During Maddux's first two Cy
In 1994, a year in which the cumulative NL earned-rank average was 4.21. Maddux had a 1.56, a staggering 2.65 differential that is the best in baseball history. And what Is no. 2 on the list? Last year, Maddux went 19-2 with a 1.63 ERA — 2.55 below the league average of 4.18.
"People don't really appreciate it as much right now as they will when Greg is all done playing," Glavine said. "Then, somewhere down the road, people will realize, 'Gosh, one has come close to doing that again. That was such a great feat.'"
Indeed, Maddux stands alone. Young may have been the winningest pitcher in baseball, but he never had a four-year stretch as Maddux did; few have.
Walter Johnson led the American League in wins four consecutive years from 1913-16, so there is a chance that he could have won such an award every year, but the honor wasn't in existence.
Lefty Grove had an amazing six-year stretch from 1928-33 when he led the AL in wins four times and
also had four ERA titles.
In the past 30 years, the only pitcher who has come close to Maddux's domination is the Dodgers' Sandy Koufax, who won the Cy Young in 1963, 1965 and 1966. At the time, only one Cy Young was handed out in the major leagues, and Koufax lost to American Leaguer Dean Chance in 1964, when Koufax led the NL in winning percentage with a record of 19-5 and in ERA with a 1.74.
"There's not any question that he's made some mistakes he may not have made in the last couple of years," Glavine said. "Also, he hasn't gotten the breaks he's gotten the last couple of years. But as much as people want to say he's struggling, there's a heck of a lot of pitchers in the game who would like to be struggling like he's struggling."
Maddux struggling? Hardly.
Matthews
Before his weekend start, Maddux's 2.70 ERA was second in the NL to Florida's Kevin Brown, who, with Smoltz, is the top contender for the first Maddux-less Cy Young in five years. Maddux's so-so record, 13-11, is the result of a lack of run support.
Still, there have been occasional lapses in the razor-sharp location that is Maddux's trademark. Every
Third in ERA — 2.18.
Led National League in wins — 20-11.
1993 Atlanta Braves
Joined Gaylord Perry as only players to win Cy Young awards with two different clubs.
1992 Chicago Cubs
Led majors in ERA—1.56
Maddux's Cy Young years
1994 Atlanta Braves
led league in ERA — 2.36 with 20-10 record.
10th player to win Cy Young unanimously.
Led majors in ERA — 1.56.
Tied for NL lead in wins — 16-6.
traction of an inch closer to the hitting zone than it did the past two years — critical mistakes for a pitcher who doesn't overpower hitters.
Maddux has thrown his support to Smoltx.
Differential between ERA and
"He keeps telling me I've got something special special going, now go out and win it," Smoltz said. "He tells me you don't really know how many times
Joined Steve Carlton as only pitcher to win four Cy Youngs and Sandy Koufax as only one to win back-to-back awards unanimously.
1995 Atlanta Braves
ERA of 1.63 was 2.55 below NL average, second in major league history behind previous season.
First pitcher to have winning percentage of .900 with at least 20 decisions. Differential between ERA and league average largest in modern history.
league average largest in modern history.
Richard Jewell
how the security guard became a suspect in the Olympic Park bombing.
really encouraging me to stay focused and not allow any game to slip away."
"I don't think so," he said. "If I had finished second and never had won it, then yes, it would hurt. Really, just to win it one time is so big, and I will really feel good for John."
So will Maddux be a bit sad when he finally has to relinquish his grip on the Cy Young?
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"Essentially, we're seeking access to documents that we think we're entitled to get," attorney Jack Martin said Wednesday.
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— Lawyers for Richard J weell made a second request to see sealed FBI documents that detail
Jewell's motion to see the court documents came on the same day The CBS Evening News reported the FBI now is tightly focused on one suspect who may have a tie to militia groups but no connection to Jewell.
CBS reported that investigators now are focused on a single suspect and are investigating others as possible accomplices. None had any connection with Jewell.
The FBI still does not know what led to the bombing, but a source told CBS the latest suspect may have trained with the military or have allegiance to a militia-style movement.
When asked about the report at a weekly briefing in Washington yesterday, Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick said, "All I'm saying on that is that we have said all along that we have more than one suspect."
She would not comment on the specifics of the investigation.
Martin originally asked for the documents' release Sept. 3. The Justice Department then filed a motion opposing the request. All the motions are sealed.
Four search warrants were issued authorizing the FBI to search Jewell's home, his vehicle and a storage unit, and also to obtain hairs from his head. He has not been charged — or ruled out — as a suspect in the bombing.
Jewell was working as a security guard at Centennial Olympic Park when a pipe bomb exploded July 27, killing one person and injuring 111. Jewell originally was credited with being the first to spot the knapsack containing the bomb, but was named a suspect three days later.
Ryne Sandberg may leave Cubs again
Golden Glove winner looks for opportunities for 1997 after this season with Chicago
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Because he'll reach most incentives in his contract, Sandberg will make at least $4 million. If he plays in 15 more games, that goes up to $5 million. With superb power numbers for a second baseman, he may command even more on the free-
CHICAGO — It's been fun, Ryne Sandberg said, but not fun enough for him to make a commitment beyond the final 17 games of this season.
Sandberg, who returned to the Chicago Cubs after walking away from baseball in 1994, has exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts for his comeback campaign.
He's hit 23 home runs and driven in 85 runs, and he's shown he can still play second base with the best. Nevertheless, the 10-time All-Star won't discuss his plans for 1997.
"When everything's calmed down and I'm rested up, I'll make some decisions," said Sandberg. "With a one-year contract, I only geared my mind toward this season. I'm just concentrating on what I have to do."
agent market.
"It's been fun," Sandberg said. "It's a good bunch of guys. We play hard and have a good attitude. We've hung in there despite adversity, like the big injury to Sammy Sosa. It made us a close ballclub and it's good to be part of that."
Ryne Sandberg
Sandberg retired partly because he was unhappy with the club's direction under then-general manager Larry Himes.
He likes the new management team of president Andy MacPhail, General Manager Ed Lynch and Riggleman. And they like him. MacPhail and Lynch want Sandberg back, and
But money never has been the main issue for Sandberg, who had more than two seasons left on a landmark $7 million-a-year contract when he retired June 13, 1994.
"I don't think there's any question. He'll be back," Cubs manager Jim Riggleman said. "I think he has liked playing with us this season."
Sandberg has, although it's unlikely he will win a championship in his return engagement as Michael Jordan did with the Chicago Bulls.
Riggleman considers him the ideal player to manage.
"His work ethic ... he's a machine out there," Riggleman said. "If you're a young player, you can't go out and not work hard when you see a veteran like Ryne Sandberg do it every day."
Inough Sandberg is batting a career-low .233, he's been productive. Among full-time second basemen, he ranks first in homers and second in RBI.
He has made only six errors and has matched his .990 career fielding percentage, the best ever at his position. He had a 59-game stretch without an error, his sixth career errorless streak of at least 50 games. If he wins a 10th Gold Glove, he'll get another $1 million.
"Ryno has exceeded all expectations, including mine," said teammate Mark Grace, who was skeptical last October when he heard Sandberg was returning. "I didn't expect as many homers or RBIs. It was a good move by Riggleman to put him down in the order so he could drive in runs."
Sandberg began the season batting second but often has been at cleanup since Sosa went out with a broken hand Aug. 20. Sandberg also has been effective batting third, fifth and sixth.
With a one year contract, I only geared my mind toward this
season."
Ryne Sandberg Chicago Cubs second baseman
hopefully to make a run at the division title, you've got to be better than other clubs at particular positions," Riggleman said. "And I think we've had an edge at second base."
During his comeback season, Sandberg has tied Rogers Hornsby for most career homers by an National League second baseman with 263 and has become only the 10th player ever to amass 250 home runs and 250 steals. He also passed Hall of Famers Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Stargell and Mike Schmidt on baseball's career hit list with 2,250.
"I know I've given everything I have," Sandberg said. "I've been totally into it the whole season, and that's all I can ask of myself."
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