Greg Maddux Interview with PitchingNinja
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- My interview with Hall of Famer Greg Maddux.
We discuss Greg Maddux and his pitch grips:
Sinker / Two Seamer
Cutter
Changeup
Who he modeled his game after.
Do hitters pick up spin?
Pitch tunneling
Mental game.
Stories.
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BEST. INTERVIEW. EVER. Second time watching it.
The way freaking Greg Maddux said the word "boogers" when he said "no, I didnt put any boogers on the wall." My entire soul left my body! 🤣💀😇
Saving it to watch later
Once you get thru the 10 thousand you knows it’s good content
Listening to him talk about pitching is cathartic. Whoever is lucky enough to get advice from him along the way should be very grateful.
Same. I've watched it twice. And I stopped watching baseball about 10 years ago. This interview made me wanna start watching it again.
When Maddux was up for the Hall of Fame vote, there were a couple of writers who didnt vote for him. They should be banned from voting again.
Totally agree
Absolutely correct.
Yes sir. Not fair it wasn’t the first 100% Nobody deserves it more.
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣‼️‼️‼️
One of them was probably the one guy that didn’t vote degrom for CY the year literally everyone else did. Then that guy went on NYC radio and made a fool of himself.
Dude threw an 83 pitch complete game in under two hours. Mind blowing.
Yup, hence the phrase: "Throwing a Maddux." He also said "I didnt put any boogers on the wall" in this interview! That slayed the FUCK outta! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Did it in 78 pitches once as well. Most impressive stat IMO was the season where he had more wins than (unintentional) walks.
Pssf🙄 Pitch Clock Smitch Scmlock!
@@blahblahmeowchow6383 yeah '97, same year as the 78-pitch complete game
Maddux was the first pitcher that made me realize how important weak contact is for a pitcher. Not that he didn't have his share of Ks. He was the best pitcher of the early to mid 90s.
FALSE! He was the best Pitcher of ever!
One of best
@@shaindaman13 maddux was definitely the best pitcher of the early-mid 90s lol
@@shaindaman13one of them
@@Someone-hi1ntPedro and Randy might have a word with you
Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill are the only two of Maddux's teammates still active. Makes me feel sad and old. It really doesn't seem that long ago that I was watching Maddux, Glavine, and Smoltz on TBS everyday.
Great interview, best one I've ever seen with Maddux.
His philosophy on beating lineups instead of players is right on the money and very insightful
What a great interview. Mad Dog was and is the greatest pure pitcher we will ever see.
Maddux was the master of control. You always felt like he could locate any pitch anytime he wanted to. My favorite of all time personally
Locate it 6 inches off the plate for strike calls
@@M98-j9k That is such a tired and lame narrative.
Same...him and pedro
Maddux and glavine were so dominate that as a kid watching them I had no idea how amazing they were. I just figured every team had pitchers like them and I was wrong
Glavine was very good for a few years. Maddux was dominant.
me with roy halladay, haven’t had a jays pitcher to sniff his ability since
Haha same I'm just starting to realize that wasn't normal
We were truly blessed to have TBS in our cable package. That by itself created millions of Braves fans. I will have a begrudging respect for Ted Turner till the day I die, lol
Don’t forget Smoltz. They had good pitching and hitting. McGriff, Gant, C.Jones, Justice, and Pendleton. And a few more.
The interview where Greg talked the most. Amazing!
That was my goal!
Maddux understood real velocity vs perceived velocity vs effective velocity before anyone knew what it was.
I’m from the UK and I been a baseball fan since 2001/2002 ever since my sister came back from a holiday to Florida with a devil rays hat and cup for me. I’ve followed the rays ever since that day. Catching glimpses and snippets of their games on the family computer whenever I could.. about 7/8 years ago I finally had the funds and resources to follow baseball fully (mlbtv subscriptions, wider access to the internet etc) back then when I discovered who Greg Maddux was and the way he pitched and his attitude to the game it totally revolutionised the way I see baseball. He is one of my favourite players of the game ever. The guy is a genius. Breaks the game down and the “science” behind the game down so simply. By no
Means a simple game. So complex and takes absolutely outstanding reactions. Physical skill and also acute mental analysis to get ahead. This interview is amazing having expended every Greg Maddux reference, video and resource I can find this is an hour of pure bliss!!!! Thank you so much.
I've been dying to see an in depth interview like this. Thank you
I recorded Greg Maddux on VHS and went frame by frame to mimic his windup in the late 90s/early 2000s. Probably helped more then anything I learned growing up as a pitcher.
That was the thing to do back then wasnt it
I love this. Doing your own video work is commendable, especially back then.
Me too brother. Everything. I saw an interview with him back then where he showed how he grips certain pitchers.
I got so much better
In my opinion the best pitcher in history
Time stamps would revamp your whole channel so much! Big fan btw
Wouldn't hurt we do enjoy a good breakdown
braves of the 90's were so fun. i remember crying when i had to go to bed and couldnt watch the games on TBS. Awesome awesome interview!
Fun and an absolute headache at the time. We should have won so many damn ws in the 90s. We had the pitching, just all we had on OF was Chipper.
@@SPG8989 yea the only consistent offensive player WAS chipper but we had like a couple of years where Andruw was good and we had McGriff was good for a couple of years, Galarraga, Javi had that one big year and Klesko was decent too
The Atlanta Braves team in the 90s was a super team it shows how hard Baseball is by how little World Series they won! Great interview Pitching Ninja!
It shows what a great team the Yankess had!
Still need a little luck to reach and win the WS as well.
This is the kind of knowledge that I love learning about. Maddux was so smart with how he pitched and so glad I got to watch him growing up from little league in the late 90’s
Phillies fan- this guy is the Einstein of pitching
The pitching intricacies Maddox mentioned and how he managed them was phenomenal.
Maddux
One of, if not THE best finesse pitchers ever. So glad I got to see him pitch for my cubbies and, even though it was hard to see him leave, I'm glad he went to the braves where he was able to get a ring. He deserved it!! Thanks for all the great pitching, Greg!!
He was a very tactical guy with where the ball went and how it moved into the place he *wanted* the ball to go. It was incredibly impressive to see him in his prime on live tv with my dad. Those were the days
"one of"? No Definitely the best finesse pitcher.
@@Marco-pl6pu I by no means an expert enough to make that statement but you are probably right!!
Huge Cardinals fan growing up, and I hated when we had to play this guy; I think that’s the ultimate compliment. People who didn’t get to watch him don’t understand how good he really was, good argument for being the perfect pitcher imo. You expected to lose every time you faced him.
St. Louisan and big Cardinal fan here. I hated when we played the Braves in the 90s. They were easily the best National League team of the decade, maybe the entire league.
oh wow. What an absolutely phenomenal session. My god this was so enlightening. Not just about baseball but about life.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen an interview where Greg Maddox said very much. This is the most I’ve heard him talk in 30 years. This was great.
Awesome! My dad loves Greg Maddox sooo much. They have the same birthday and I can see why, Greg is awesome!
I can say a million good things about Maddux. To sum it up. He is the reason I love baseball and pitching is my favorite position.
Something about that control, that confidence, that...smirk. It enraged me at that time, but now I look back with nothing but grudging respect. Damn, what a pitcher.
The guy's an absolute genius. Great interview.
I've heard so many great Maddux stories, but the bit around @25:00 where he says that for the last few years he only gave the catcher pitch location and not pitch type is now my favorite. What an absolute madlad.
Yep---I didn't know that going into the interview. Crazy.
I mean, if you believe it....maybe it happened every now and again with no runners on but you absolutely don't do that with guys on base or anything like that...
@@PreppinShootinLivin You always have to have someone like this in the comments who thinks they know more/better than the actual HoF'er...
@@branden3785 Are you saying that it's smart to throw pitches to a catcher that doesn't know what's coming? ... especially if there are runners on base? You'll tie your catcher up frequently if they are guessing right along with the hitter at what is coming.
I’m a Chicago guy who played in college in the early 70s and then was on the equipment side of baseball for 20 years. I never got over that the Cubs let him get away, but never stopped being a Greg Maddux fan. Congrats to the interviewer to get him to open up a little about pitching. We loved watching a typical Maddux post game interview when he gave them maybe a minute or two of words, but absolutely nothing to hit. Game after game. I was interested he brought up Hershiser and not surprised. I was at a sales meeting when someone asked Orel did he ever think he could throw 60 consecutive scoreless innings (or whatever it was close enough). He said he never thought about it that way he just knew if he could get his elbow in the right place he could throw a great pitch and then do it again. A Maddux style answer if there ever was one. Thanks for posting this terrific interview.
I remember trying for years to get my 2 seam to move like his. By the time i got it close, my arm was done and I couldn't pitch any more. I never missed a game when Maddux pitched. Awesome interview, thanks for this!
I remember him well. His 2-seamer was awesome. Lefties would jump back and Righties would give up on it as way outside. That, and he could dot an i, and change speeds so well.
As a pitcher myself who first idolized Nolan, the more I watched Maddux the more I loved his mastery of the craft. Painted the corners better than anyone in history. His ability to come inside when a batter crowded the plate was nothing less than beautiful. To hear him talk about pitching is pretty cool. You should do a round table with Maddux, Smoltz, Glavine and Avery.
This is why I'm here. I will watch this again and again
Thank you so much for this fantastic interview with one of my favorite pitchers!
Thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this excellent interview with a true legend...hated Maddux back in the day because he was so good and not on my team but have grown to really love this guy's attitude
Life long Rangers fan since ‘87, but whenever local PBS had the Braves on I watched: Maddux and Chipper. That 90’s Braves team was epic
My favorite team of all time, early 90s braves. Favorite pitcher of all time, maddux. Favorite hitter of all time, griffey jr
Great interview, Rob. Listening to the Professor is like sitting in on a pitching masterclass!
Greg Maddux is my all time favorite player EVER. No one will ever be better. Brilliant pitcher, great player. Ridiculously smart. In a world where people kinda pitch "ok" Maddux was a step above heavenly.
Wow! You got to interview a legend!
Here's another legend interview (Nolan Ryan). ruclips.net/video/FkrjhSGVfnE/видео.html
@@PitchingNinjaVideos saw this one before 🙌🏿
Ooooo K , so you interviewed Ryan.
Damn man. That’s awesome
Idk what to say about this interview other than LEGENDARY
What a great interview! Thank you, Pitching Ninja. I was grateful to hear Maddux say what he said about PED users. I'm in a baseball group on Facebook. It seems like half the members see no reason why the PED guys shoud be banned from the HOF. There used to be this idea of "the integrity of the game." It's depressing that so many people have the "win at all costs" mentality. Baseball is the best game, and it's beautiful when it's played honorably.
Mr. Friedman, thank you sincerely for maybe the best interview on RUclips. I have to admit I have completely lost almost all my interest in the four team sports since about 2015, and I might only see a video of yours once a month, but you put out good content. When I was a boy, I remember it seemed odd when grown men would cry after meeting Mickey Mantle. I like to think I wouldn't cry over seeing Greg Maddux, I hope.
He once said his favorite fictional character was Hannibal Lectar, (obviously, in intelligence only). There was this mythology about his brain that was so fascinating.
Put simply, in a world of muscle bound Indiana Joneses I was rooting for the Dow Jones with him.
I remember in 1995, SI saying he was so smart that in an 8-0 game, he gave up a home run just to set a trap for someone up so he could strike them out the next time he faced him in a playoff game. As expected they didn't even bother to fact check it, but I did. Years later, I went to BaseballReference (when that was a chore) and found out it was all BS, and I thought, "He's laughing at me. He speaks in anagrams He said that just to set something else up." I would tape every start just to see what he did, and I would never miss the Braves going to Coors Field even though I had no money.
I hope I get to meet him one day. I think he's the only living person I really want to meet.
In a world with no magic left, it's nice to see that the greatest magician I've ever seen doesn't have a million Instagram followers, keeps his mouth shut, and he's not doing a million interviews. His 1994-1995 seasons are, in my opinion, the most underrated seasons in sports history, which I'm sure he is happy about.
Great post, my brother.
Life long Dodger fan beginning in ‘78. So I’ll drop that note. The professor is my fav pitcher and the best I’ve seen. Whether vs or on our team he always left awestruck.
My One and only son name after this legend..... Maddux....My favorite Mlb pitcher of all Time.... Mabuhay Greg Maddux.....
Can you imagine prime randy johnson as a full time closer? That mullet and that 7 foot lefty sidearm fb/sl combo? Omg 😲
Teams probably would have gave up on him and made him a closer in today's game.
Yeah, that would be nuts. I never even thought of that until Maddux mentioned it.
He was one. In Little Big League.
Compliments to you.
YT suggested this video to me, didn't think I'd watch much of it, but stayed and enjoyed it.
Good questions, friendly banter, interesting information on the game.
Well done!
What a great interview. I got to see Greg Maddux in person when I went to Rangers spring training, possibly for the first time since I was in the stands at RFK Stadium when he faked out Lastings Milledge, but I was too awestruck to say anything to him. My favorite (possibly apocryphal) story involving Greg Maddux was when he told somebody that said he looked familiar his name was "Jeffrey Dahmer."
Anyways, I'm hoping for a Randy Johnson interview someday.
The Big Unit is on my list. Working on Pedro too.
The professor! Absolutely a wonderful interview… great questions with very insightful answers from the best! My 11yr old who is a pitcher will be watching this entire interview… so many gems 💎! Thanks 🙏
Amazing conversation with perhaps my favorite pitcher of all time.
Thanks for a great interview. I could listen to you guys talk baseball all day. And thanks Greg for the memories,
absolute legend.. thank you for this, Greg
Watching Maddox pitch gave me a greater appreciation of baseball. He was an artist.
Incredible insight out of dozens of Maddox interviews I’ve seen before
I would like to thank Greg Maddox for all the short games he threw.
I hated low scoring games as a kid. But I could watch Maddox pitch and would often only watch his games and I wasn’t a pitcher and knew nothing about it but his control was mesmerizing and entertaining.
My favorite player ever. Grew up watching him. Texas Legend.
My goodness he was so fun to watch.
Pitching ninja doing big things. Good for you man 🤙🤙
From my personal experience as a mens league sinkerball pitcher. It's one of the hardest pitches to control. Like a good day for me was just to throw strikes, here it is, try to hit it. A bad day was walking the bases loaded and trying to get out of it. It was amazing to see Maddox control a sinker/screwball that broke 18" inside out up down. Why I put him as a modern day Cy Young, Grover Cleveland Alexander. Pitchers who pitched with poise and control.
I’d love to see more in depth on his pitch grips, release, and cues to get the pitches to work like you want.
100%
Maddux was great finesse control pitcher. He doesn’t need 95-100 mph fastball to win 355 games and over 3000 strikeouts. He was great gold glover too. His 78 pitches games against his cubs was awesome. Glad I have his rookie card.
He had a good fastball he used a lot in his early career.
Rob, we’ll done with the “starters” question. You probably realized as soon as Greg said “Andruw Jones” that you hadn’t been specific enough, but you let the interviewee continue, without interrupting, and made him look good with how graciously you followed it up without letting it show. 👌
If you're looking for help in college recruiting or making your game better, check out Greg Maddux's son Chase's new venture www.madduxbaseballcompany.com/ If you use the discount code mbcpitchingninja you can get 10% off. Chase is a pitchingninja fan and was very instrumental in helping set up this interview (big thanks!)
Saw this and told my wife I’ll mow the lawn in an hour
Im not a pitcher or a huge MLB viewer.
I cant wait for this interview.
my favorite player growing up was Will Clark. he had some epic at bats against Maddux (one in particular hehe) Great interview!!!!
15:57 Maddux is like an encyclopedia about pitching ideology as a whole. You just need to give him the right prompts to get him to show that encyclopedia. PitchingNinja did exactly that. It’s truly amazing to watch.
My favorite moment that shows this off is at 15:57.
Fun fact- Glendon Rusch shutout the Pirates for 7-8 innings for the Mets in a game that was completed in 1:58. NYC papers back pages said “Rusch Hour.”
No. I’m wrong. He threw a complete game and lost 2-0 to the pirates in a game that was under 2 hours. The back page was for another game he was great. Either way, love GR.
This was a great interview, took notes and everything!! Greg Maddux, what an awesome person and pitcher!!
The Cutter comment is absolute gold
Agreed!
Being from Pittsburgh, I’m a diehard Cubs fan because in 1988 on August 5 the Cubs played the Phillies in Wrigley field, and Greg Maddox was the pitcher. Andre Dawson’s first at bat. I stood up and said home run and he hit a home run. It was sad to see Greg Maddox go to Atlanta, but even going to Atlanta he was still and still is my favorite picture of all time. It was nice to see him go back to Chicago before he retired. Greg Maddox is the 🐐 this was my first ever baseball game.
I learn more in this interview with Maddux than the last 12 years , I forward the video to young pitchers growing up as pitchers .
Takashi Saito was with the Dodgers the same time as Maddux and he said that he would sit next to Maddux in the dugout talking about pitching and it was like going to pitching college.
His 1994 season and Pedro in 2000 were two of the greatest pitching seasons I've ever seen
There was a three or four year period in the 90s when it was a shock when Maddux didn't win. I almost expected him to go like 28-0 with 2 or 3 three walks a season. He was just so precise and consistent.
This is great. This is simply a great mind. Proof that man was made before the machine.
Glad to see Greg would approve my coaching, love hearing him speak.
Love this. Thank you for this interview. Love to hear The Greats speak their thoughts. Very interesting.
Great interview with the Master Technician!
As a former pitcher myself, I can tell you that what this guy accomplished is amazing. One of a kind
My childhood memory of a great pitcher is Jim Palmer moving infielders and then the batter hitting the ball directly at the infielder.
The best pitcher ever , no one is better period , the Master of control and movement and efficiently
Growing up in the 80s 90s, its incredible the starting pitchers we saw, Clemens, Randy Johnson, Maddux, Pedro Martinez, all 4 of them have a case for being the greatest starting pitcher of all time.
Fun fact: The ONLY MLB player to have 10 straight years with at least 1 stolen base without ever being thrown out is Greg Maddux. So not only was he the best ever on the mound he was also greased lightening on the base paths.
Lmao, that is a quintessential Maddux fact. Thank you.. The man knew himself and his circumstances like nobody else.
I wanted to believe this fun fact, but after looking up career statistics, it's not true. He did have a 5-year run (2004-2008) meeting this criteria, but not a 10-year run. Give the man credit, these were his later years (ages 38 - 42), so that 5 year run where he was stealing bases when he thought he could was still impressive.
@@hardyworldhey man, still a great fact
The best part is how he's sitting at an angle, never letting his whole face be seen. It's like having an off-the-record convo with a dealer lol
Wow- thanks! Gregg is so brilliant with his insights (especially the pitchers calling there own games / conviction!!!!)
How is this only 38k views. Maddux is a pitching GOAT
Pitching Ninja, thank you for this. What a wonderful interview.
It was a privilege to have watched mad dog pitch. Probably the greatest
The best interview I’ve ever listened to. Great questions and answers. I love Greg. Good stuff thank you!
Thank you!
I’m a former #2 pick pitcher. Years ago. Maddux was just coming up and I was a semi hard throwing lefty. I played in the giants org. A kid who signs and goes thru the system either comes with natural talent or it’s matured.. but the smart head….knowing how to come at hitters and the prep time before knowing the opposing lineup really never occurred to me. When I get hit hard for a while a guy has to ask himself what is it he needs to do to get batters out.. yeah a guy today who throws 98 100 throws the ball and most batters front foot go out when coming into the ball. It’s fear . But when a guy doesn’t have that live fastball he’s got to get smart quick in how to approach hitters. Ryan had the dominant fastball till the end but when he really began to throw the curveball that fell off the table it was a double terror.. maddux just was mentally so strong and his prep time ahead and really knowing situations and which players are hot and not.. a true master of head talent and that’s more important than throwing hard. Perhaps (and I normally would have a huge problem debating these things) in the top 3 or 2 ALLTIME INCLUDING DEADBALL GUYS LIKE CY YOUNG AND MATTY AND THE TRAIN……the best smartest pitcher to take a mount. It’s odd but he dominated not with power ……it was his head
Greg Maddux was the best pitcher throughout the '90s.
He was Phenomenal!!
I disliked him when he faced my team, but IMO he is the greatest "pitcher" of all time. Such an amazingly cerebral approach to pitching.
The answers are so in depth
Pitching Savant
CAN NOT WAIT TO WATCH THIS. maddux is one of my all time favorites, and i will be watching this with my dad. we love maddux over here!
(lincecum interview soon?)
Favorite baseball player of all time.
I swear if young pictures today would start to realize 95% of the game is being able to mix speeds and locate….. We’d save a lot of these elbow injuries
Maddux was the location master.
What a great interview! Thanks to Ninja and Greg!
Living in LA being a Dodger fan.. my second favorite team were the Braves before of Greg Maddux! My all time favorite pitcher along side Glavine and Smoltz
total shame we couldn't win more WS with that insane 90s rotation. Team just could not hit. Chipper was about the only consistent hitter we had and he was great, but one man cannot do it on offense.