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The Gold Glove winners for the NL were announced today and Greg Maddux again was a recipient. This marks the 18th time that Maddux has been selected for the award at his position.

Scott Boras told the New York Post saying that Greg Maddux is nearly certain to retire.

“He hasn’t made a final decision, but for now it is doubtful he will play (any longer),” Boras said at the GM meetings. “As it stands now, he is not going to play.”

 If true Maddux would finish his career with 355 wins, 4 consecutive Cy Young awards, and a closet full of Gold Gloves.

Greg Maddux made an appearance in last nights 7-2 victory over the Cubs, pitching a scoreless 9th.

Maddux is projected to be the starter of Game 4 for the Dodgers so we will see how that works out.

It was already told but Greg Maddux and the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to October. In Maddux’s last start he passed Roger Clemens on the all time wins list after holding the San Fransisco Giants to one run in six innings of work.

I apologize for the late less and overall sloppiness of this blog.

In case anyone was wondering I have been having trouble today with the Behind the Dugout blog.

The Arizona Diamondbacks lost earlier on the day and with Greg Maddux going against a familiar foe in the San Fransisco Giants the Los Angeles Dodgers had to be liking the way things were lining up.

But this is the world of professional baseball and sometimes things just don’t go as planned. Maddux who has only more career wins against the New York Mets was hammered for 7 runs in 5 innings of work infront of over 55 thousand fans in Los Angeles.

The loss is the 13th on the year for Maddux and assures he will not reach double digit victories since his second season in the big leagues.

Greg Maddux has finally started pitching like the pitcher the Los Angeles Dodgers thought he was when they acquired him from San Diego but even seven scoreless innings against the Rockies on Sunday wasn’t enough to earn him career win 355.

Maddux allowed just two hits on the day, both singels, before exiting after seven strong innings. The Dodgers went on to lose 1-0 in 10 innings but remain 4 games ahead of Arizona in the NL West.

After two less then stellar starts as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers Greg Maddux came though for the team on Monday night.

While Maddux didn’t make it past the sixth inning he did pick up his seventh win of the season after holding his former team, the San Diego Padres, to two runs over 5 2/3. During the contest Maddux allowed six hits while striking out four.

The win tied him with Roger Clemens for eighth on the all time wins list. His next start will come against Arizona. (ugh)

It may have taken three weeks longer then expected but veteran hurler Greg Maddux is on his way back to Los Angeles. Maddux will rejoin the Dodgers after being traded from San Diego for two players to be named later.

The Dodgers are currently even with the Arizona Diamondbacks at the top of the NL West. They are hoping that Maddux can help them reach the postseason like he did following his acquisition in 2006. During his 2006 stay with the Dodgers Maddux was 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 12 starts.

The Dodgers made the playoffs that season, but missed out last year.

Maddux was thought to be heading to the Dodgers prior to the trade deadline but the two teams could not agree on compensation. The Dodgers did acquire outfielder Manny Ramirez from the Boston Red Sox.

The Padres placed Maddux on waivers and since no teams placed a claim on the 42-year old right hander with 353 career wins they were able to trade him to any team.

Maddux who is earning $10 million this season figures to move into the Dodgers rotation which became a man short when Brad Penny was moved to the disabled list.

In Maddux’s last three starts he is 2-1 with a 1.89 ERA. In his last start he suffered a loss to the Philadelphia Phillies despite holding them to one run and five hits over seven innings.

To complete the deal Maddux will need to waive his no-trade clause, something the future hall of famer has said he will do only to join a contending west coast team.

It may have taken him an eternity to record career win number 351 but Greg Maddux is on a roll of late. Maddux has won his last three starts upping his career total to 353, just one behind Roger Clemens.

Maddux who turned 42 in April is pitching in his 23rd season in the majors and currently sits ninth on the all-time list. His next win would move him to eighth in a tie with Clemens.

Maddux could receive as many as nine starts over the last month plus of the season and while no one figures him to win each time out Maddux does reason to record a win or two to close out the season.

There has been plenty of speculation on the Internet that Maddux may be considering retiring after this season. Publicly there has been no statement from the pitcher or anyone with inside information.

Last nights win puts him just 10 behind Warren Spahn for the most wins since World War II. Spahn, the left hander with the most wins of all-time, had 363 all coming following service in the war.