Defense might be crucial for aging Maddux’s success
Awwwww, we miss you too, Mad Dog.
“The Dodgers played very good defense,” Maddux said yesterday, unrelated to the Padres’ four errors in an 8-6 loss to the Cubs at Peoria Stadium.
Maddux assembled a 4.69 ERA in 22 games with the Cubs before a summer trade placed him with the Dodgers, whereupon Maddux went 6-3 with a 3.30 ERA. Maddux, who induces a lot of ground balls, cited the support he got from Dodgers infielders, notably shortstop Rafael Furcal.
“Those guys caught a lot of balls,” he said.
“Shoot, in one game we had four shortstops in the infield. Think about it. Four shortstops in the infield. That’s kind of nice.”
Maybe if your agent Lucifer wasn’t spinning lies about what’s best for you, that defense could still be taking care of you. Alas, it was not to be.
Besides, there’s errors aplenty in the Dodger infield so far this spring. ;)
Speaking of things Satanic, in that same game, Daryle Ward took a Trevor “Hells Bells” Hoffman pitch over the right field wall. Apparently good old Trevor isn’t done giving those up just yet. ;D
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