I saw him pitch for Chicago when I was a little kid. It was Greg Maddux day at Wrigley. They played Tony Gwynn and the Padres. Harry Caray came out and sang Take me out to the ballgame during the 7th inning stretch. I wish I could relive that day over and over.
Pointers from the pro's? More like pointers from one of the greatest control pitchers of all time in Major League Baseball history. That should be the title.
Growing up watching him on TBS, it was comical watching those left hand batters dive back while the two seamer moved back over the plate. The look on their faces after it happened lol, it just wasnt fair.
The look on their faces !! I just watched a reel of his two seamers … just nasty , almost sad to watch them back up just for it to come across the plate 😆
Maddox was an anomaly in the MLB as one of the few elite pitchers in the modern game who didn't throw a four seam fastball. Everything he threw had SOME kind of movement on it.
That's how Rivera thrived with only a cutter. Every pitch moved around, and it was thrown hard. You can be great if you're consistent enough like those two were.
@@shawnheidingsfelder8179 Riveria was a VERY special case. He basic threw two pitches to right handers and one to lefties. Greg at least threw 4-5 pitches like most starters.
Joe Mama for a change up, you don’t want to throw slowly with your arm. It makes it more obvious to the batter what you are doing. You throw it exactly like your fastball just the finger grip slows it down, not your arm speed.
Maddux was one of the best pitchers of all time. I respect him because he wasn't a guy who dominated with a blazing fastball or something. He was a true technician and had pin point accuracy and mixed up his pitches to near perfection.
No doubt his throwing skills were hard to match. He had some nasty stuff. But it was his incredible memory of what each batter did previously and his eye for detail on what they were doing to compensate that kept him a step ahead of most batters and made his game so hard to beat.
A Savant……making something so hard seem so simple….explaining it that way too….that 2-Seamer that started at the lefty’s hip then dipped back to paint the inside corner. Surgical.
On his change up, "Let your fingers slow it (ball) down...and not your arm." Will always be my favorite pitcher of all time. Not a big guy with overwhelming speed. Just a master.
Twenty five thumbs down votes are by hitters whom he baffled, time and time again, throughout his career. That's the only reason I can come up with for a single one.
My crush was named after him, his name is Maddux and his brother is named Nolan and Ik he is also named after a baseballl player but idk what baseball player I don’t watch baseball
The cool thing about Maddux is that he had the ability to throw hard, but he was smart enough to realize the working east to west and painting corners was his calling.
I am sure there is some high school or training camp that would love to hire this guy. I would think he would do it just to get out of the house and give back. Nothing better than seeing someone you taught using your stuff to succeed.
Almost everything is right there. Now all you need is the ability to hit 90 mph, perfect control, fantastic defensive reactions, and the ability to vary and disguise everything so the hitter can’t tell what you are doing.
Been watching Maddux interviews lately and, I mean this with upmost respect, Maddux comes across almost like the Forrest Gump of pitchers. "Pitching is like a box of chocolates. Just gotta make sure the batter never knows what he's going to get."
It wasn't so much the types of pitches as much as how well he can control them. I mean pinpoint accuracy is once-in-a-lifetime and he and Glavine were so good at that. With all the pitching the Braves had it's surprising they didn't win multiple World Championships...
There are lots of different change-up grips but this is the most unusual one I have ever seen. Yet, it obviously must work for him since Greg Maddux had one of the most effective change-ups of any pitcher.
it throws pretty easily. Thing has a lot of movement. Kind of a common 2 seam changeup. Peavy does something similar and Colon use to. Idk if colon throws it much at all anymore
One video I saw of his actual pitches made it look like he had a screw ball in his arsenal... I guess that was his "cutter." Moved left to right. Buckled the hitters knees, especially for left handed batters... thinking the ball was going to miss inside and then cut into the strike zone. Vicious.
His 2-seam fastball was like Captain America's shield. It didn't obey the laws of physics at all. Lefties must have hated that pitch even though they knew it was coming.
Ryan Close It was on the road against the Cubs, and I think it was 78 pitches. It was a masterpiece. Better than many no-hitters. He was more than a control pitcher, Greg got his fair share of Ks as well. A true surgeon on the mound.
@@TEAMGETHELP I think I remember Randy Jones throwing a 68 pitch complete game for the Padres, against the Pirates, in the 70's, but the record is 58 pitches by Red Barrett of the Boston Braves versus the Cincinnati Reds, in 1944. He won by a score of 2-0.
Everything is basic, but the part to pay attention to and that was his real weapon was the cutter grip. This is how he made his living. And just because he shows part of the grip doesn't mean you can do it. You gotta have the arm action, release point etc down to get the total results.
I doubt he had 18 seasons where he was the actual best defensive pitcher in the NL for that season. I am sure a few of those 18 seasons there was a pitcher that had a overall better defensive season then him but he just won it anyways cause of reputation.
Yes. It really depends on how long your fingers are, but that's what is known as a "straight change" as opposed to the "circle change-up". Set it deep into your palm with your fingers really pronounced over the top of the ball, laying your middle and ring fingers over the narrow part of the two seams. It should kind of come out of your hand like a yo-yo.
what you're talking about sounds specifically like trevor hoffmans changeup. Go check that thing out its fricking nasty. Pretty easy to find photos of the grip too. Was never able to throw it at all. The maddux 2 seam changeup throws really well and easily for me. Lot of movement
Something like this, a little like that. Basic fundamentals, stuff you learned in Little League. That's awesome, coming from one of the greatest pitchers of our time. Nothing special. LMAO
everything Maddux has taught in the above is normal. a changeup is a slower pitch. that means less extension from the fingers, less velocity from the arm. but also, less spin, and a two-seam grip rotation - which affects air flow; more air pressure above than below. what he could have discussed was his four-seam grip and how he used it to make the ball travel from left to right and sink all in the same pitch - something the late Halladay used effectively. now, that would blow the minds of the layman. who knows the physics, behind it all, other than the most knowledgeable?
Why not hold the hold the ball at 3 and 9 oclock on the skin of the ball and not the stitching. Throw a fastball motion and let the ball slip out of your brip to control speed and no spin knuckle ball. Did it once My best friend who played catcher the 2 years i played went left then right and missed the ball. He yelled, "What was that? I said I DONT know. It was a knuckle ball flight path. Hilarious.
@@douglasbath976 I grew up with him pitching. I even thought he was an 85-89 two steamer. Which is fine with his arm action with his change, and other pitches. Thanks. Great guy too.
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I saw the title of the video and HAD to click on it. If Greg Maddux is talking pitch grips, I'm listening.
He got a post retirement job as a house painter, but he was fired because he only painted the corners.
Thats awesome 😆
That’s great
Lmfao.
I Like this joke
Damn, that’s good!
I saw him pitch for Chicago when I was a little kid. It was Greg Maddux day at Wrigley. They played Tony Gwynn and the Padres. Harry Caray came out and sang Take me out to the ballgame during the 7th inning stretch. I wish I could relive that day over and over.
Listening to Greg talk about pitching is the equivalent of listening to Michelangelo talk about painting the Sistine Chapel
Pointers from the pro's? More like pointers from one of the greatest control pitchers of all time in Major League Baseball history. That should be the title.
This is like watching and listening to Einstein or Hawking give a lesson on theoretical physics
Real catchy
Agree
He was money in the bank
Pointers from the greatest pitcher in MLB history
Growing up watching him on TBS, it was comical watching those left hand batters dive back while the two seamer moved back over the plate. The look on their faces after it happened lol, it just wasnt fair.
The look on their faces !! I just watched a reel of his two seamers … just nasty , almost sad to watch them back up just for it to come across the plate 😆
His change-up was one of the very best I have ever seen. Not even that much slower than his fastball, at the backside of his career, but still killer.
Maddox was an anomaly in the MLB as one of the few elite pitchers in the modern game who didn't throw a four seam fastball. Everything he threw had SOME kind of movement on it.
That's how Rivera thrived with only a cutter. Every pitch moved around, and it was thrown hard. You can be great if you're consistent enough like those two were.
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Riveria was a VERY special case. He basic threw two pitches to right handers and one to lefties.
Greg at least threw 4-5 pitches like most starters.
Let your finger slow it down and not your arm. Now that's a great tip.
Joe Mama for a change up, you don’t want to throw slowly with your arm. It makes it more obvious to the batter what you are doing. You throw it exactly like your fastball just the finger grip slows it down, not your arm speed.
Yep
Greatest pitcher ever
Maddux was one of the best pitchers of all time. I respect him because he wasn't a guy who dominated with a blazing fastball or something.
He was a true technician and had pin point accuracy and mixed up his pitches to near perfection.
When an all time great speaks, you listen.
My favorite hands down! He was a pitcher not just a thrower.. Changed speeds and location and painted corners…
No doubt his throwing skills were hard to match. He had some nasty stuff. But it was his incredible memory of what each batter did previously and his eye for detail on what they were doing to compensate that kept him a step ahead of most batters and made his game so hard to beat.
Holy crap, his grips are totally different than other pitchers ive seen
***** "Just basic stuff..." :-)
It’s really not
they really arent. These are super basic.
Pressure points and learn your arm slot. Not rocket science
@@erichowell3386 true but perfecting it like he did is rocket science lol
That is insane. I didn't know that. Wow!
A Savant……making something so hard seem so simple….explaining it that way too….that 2-Seamer that started at the lefty’s hip then dipped back to paint the inside corner. Surgical.
1997 NLCS vs Marlins…M. Alou batting, Maddox throws a pitch that moves a foot ( yes a foot) from left to right. Nasty!
On his change up, "Let your fingers slow it (ball) down...and not your arm."
Will always be my favorite pitcher of all time. Not a big guy with overwhelming speed. Just a master.
Simply, my favorite pitcher ever.
Maddux inside 2seam fastball vs lefties is one of favorites of all time. They just gave up.
definitely one of the best pitchers of the 90s by far.
Top 5 ever.
Definitely one of the best pitchers ever by far
My grandpa loved him. I was so happy getting his rookie card. Rip
Plot twist: He killed his grandpa to get the Maddux rookie card
Greatest Pitcher ever...
Thanks. I'm a starter for the Orioles. This video really helps.
What a lot of people fail to mention with Maddux is how great a fielder he was at his position. 18 Gold Gloves the most all time of any MLB player.
Best Pitcher Ever!
I didn't learn that in Little League, either.
You should go back to your LL coaches and ask for a refund... ;-)
Same
Throwing a curveball in little league these days can get you pulled lol
I wonder how many teams have tried to get him as a pitching coach? Would love to see that. He has so much to offer.
He’s a coach for UNLV. His son plays there ❤
@@DxrheltoI was talking MLB
Every day he look more and more like a profesor
Twenty five thumbs down votes are by hitters whom he baffled, time and time again, throughout his career. That's the only reason I can come up with for a single one.
Great, here's My secrets. Now go out there and do it Lol. Maddux=The GOAT
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My crush was named after him, his name is Maddux and his brother is named Nolan and Ik he is also named after a baseballl player but idk what baseball player I don’t watch baseball
@@mar.69 Nolan Ryan lmao
There was nothing "basic" about Greg Maddux. Greatest control pitcher ever. By far the greatest fielding pitcher ever
Would like to see more detail on the grips for his two opposite breaking cutters which he seemed to use quite a lot whenever I saw him.
They way he held his change up was unbelievable only really used 3 fingers. Basically 2
The cool thing about Maddux is that he had the ability to throw hard, but he was smart enough to realize the working east to west and painting corners was his calling.
I am sure there is some high school or training camp that would love to hire this guy. I would think he would do it just to get out of the house and give back. Nothing better than seeing someone you taught using your stuff to succeed.
Very interesting!
Almost everything is right there. Now all you need is the ability to hit 90 mph, perfect control, fantastic defensive reactions, and the ability to vary and disguise everything so the hitter can’t tell what you are doing.
Been watching Maddux interviews lately and, I mean this with upmost respect, Maddux comes across almost like the Forrest Gump of pitchers. "Pitching is like a box of chocolates. Just gotta make sure the batter never knows what he's going to get."
It wasn't so much the types of pitches as much as how well he can control them. I mean pinpoint accuracy is once-in-a-lifetime and he and Glavine were so good at that. With all the pitching the Braves had it's surprising they didn't win multiple World Championships...
Their batting just really wasn't up to par to put runs behind the pitchers, which sucks
The Braves had the uncanny ability to hit until they got to the World Series.
What a great pitcher. I was surprised to see that he had won 350 games (possibly more)
355
Hell yeah!!!!
⚾Easier said then done!, that's why Mad Dog is called the professor!⚾
He makes it sound so easy. And I guess it is after 23 seasons in the big leagues
There are lots of different change-up grips but this is the most unusual one I have ever seen. Yet, it obviously must work for him since Greg Maddux had one of the most effective change-ups of any pitcher.
it throws pretty easily. Thing has a lot of movement. Kind of a common 2 seam changeup. Peavy does something similar and Colon use to. Idk if colon throws it much at all anymore
David Emerling it's not unusual at all. it's a circle change up grip. he just didn't want to show you where his index and thumb fingers rested.
I agree. Love Maddux, but he seemed purposefully unclear. Trade secrets. All good.
Played ball and pitched for over 15 years and never heard of a change up like that! One of the best showing his secret
Where were these pointers at when I was back in high school and pitching?
One video I saw of his actual pitches made it look like he had a screw ball in his arsenal... I guess that was his "cutter." Moved left to right. Buckled the hitters knees, especially for left handed batters... thinking the ball was going to miss inside and then cut into the strike zone. Vicious.
When you make Mark Grace look absolutely silly with that two seamer, you know you are doing something right.
Man I could have used that pitch in the Summer of 78' :(
Hes a pitching coach for a college team what lucky kids.
Sinker - Change - Cutter - Curveball
His 2-seam fastball was like Captain America's shield. It didn't obey the laws of physics at all. Lefties must have hated that pitch even though they knew it was coming.
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Four. Consecutive. Cy. Young’s. ☝🏾
Where's the famous 2 seamer though? Missing in action from this vid
He threw a complete-game with 72 pitches
Ryan Close It was on the road against the Cubs, and I think it was 78 pitches. It was a masterpiece. Better than many no-hitters. He was more than a control pitcher, Greg got his fair share of Ks as well. A true surgeon on the mound.
76*
Is that the least in the live ball era?
@@TEAMGETHELP I think I remember Randy Jones throwing a 68 pitch complete game for the Padres, against the Pirates, in the 70's, but the record is 58 pitches by Red Barrett of the Boston Braves versus the Cincinnati Reds, in 1944. He won by a score of 2-0.
Yep.....he had a 4 PM tee off time at the golf course. Game was only 90 minutes long that day.
Yes I like that $590 was a little to aggressive
I love Oberto
Everything is basic, but the part to pay attention to and that was his real weapon was the cutter grip. This is how he made his living. And just because he shows part of the grip doesn't mean you can do it. You gotta have the arm action, release point etc down to get the total results.
What he left out was how many hours practicing soft tosses through a hoop no larger than a baseball from 2nd base.
he`s famous for his practical jokes too you know
They weren’t showing me cutters in little league lol
Pay attention kids. This is the man you want to learn from
G o l d.
“Let your fingers slow it down. Not your arm.”
I doubt he had 18 seasons where he was the actual best defensive pitcher in the NL for that season. I am sure a few of those 18 seasons there was a pitcher that had a overall better defensive season then him but he just won it anyways cause of reputation.
Is holding the ball with your whole hand a way to grip a change up?
Yes. It really depends on how long your fingers are, but that's what is known as a "straight change" as opposed to the "circle change-up". Set it deep into your palm with your fingers really pronounced over the top of the ball, laying your middle and ring fingers over the narrow part of the two seams. It should kind of come out of your hand like a yo-yo.
With your thumb on the bottom it's a 4 finger change up but the pro term used is a palm ball
K thanks
what you're talking about sounds specifically like trevor hoffmans changeup. Go check that thing out its fricking nasty. Pretty easy to find photos of the grip too. Was never able to throw it at all. The maddux 2 seam changeup throws really well and easily for me. Lot of movement
Haha! Makes it sound so easy.
No sinker?
His two seamer (first grip) acted as a sinker and he also ran it in to right handed hitters, possibly changing the grip slightly to accomplish this.
Every pitch of his moves
Just the hitters' morale.
2nd best ever
Something like this, a little like that. Basic fundamentals, stuff you learned in Little League. That's awesome, coming from one of the greatest pitchers of our time. Nothing special. LMAO
everything Maddux has taught in the above is normal. a changeup is a slower pitch. that means less extension from the fingers, less velocity from the arm. but also, less spin, and a two-seam grip rotation - which affects air flow; more air pressure above than below. what he could have discussed was his four-seam grip and how he used it to make the ball travel from left to right and sink all in the same pitch - something the late Halladay used effectively. now, that would blow the minds of the layman. who knows the physics, behind it all, other than the most knowledgeable?
Why not hold the hold the ball at 3 and 9 oclock on the skin of the ball and not the stitching.
Throw a fastball motion and let the ball slip out of your brip to control speed and no spin knuckle ball.
Did it once
My best friend who played catcher the 2 years i played went left then right and missed the ball.
He yelled, "What was that?
I said I DONT know.
It was a knuckle ball flight path.
Hilarious.
When I was a kid you would learn every pitch. Not happening today.
I wonder who taught him in little league
I cannot, for the life of me, figure out where my Maddux rookie card is. I hope I didn't loose it. He's my favorite pitcher.
Did you find it?
Did you find it, we need to know
Could he hit 90 mph?
When he was in his 20’s, yes. But he probably topped out around 92. He almost always went for movement over velocity.
@@douglasbath976 I grew up with him pitching. I even thought he was an 85-89 two steamer. Which is fine with his arm action with his change, and other pitches. Thanks. Great guy too.
My favorite pitcher to watch. Kind of a trash human being though, tbh.
Did he have any World Series rings?