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THERE WERE NO DEMONSTRATIONS outside, no fans inside when a small, unassuming man took the mound in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium last Wednesday night. In preparation for the World Series, Greg Maddux was throwing live batting practice to some of his Atlanta Braves teammates, and they each walked away smiling, shaking their heads. They couldn't hit him, either. "Watching him pitch,'' said manager Bobby Cox, as he stood behind the batting cage, "just turns...
...team starved for a world championship because it hasn't been in the Series too often vs. a team starved for the title because it has been in the Series all too often. But the most intriguing matchup of all is the most basic in baseball: pitching vs. hitting, Maddux and Co. vs. Albert Belle and the Indians' latter-day Murderers...
Score one for pitching. On Saturday night in Atlanta, Maddux limited the Indians to just two hits as the Braves won, 3-2, to take Game 1 of the Series. Despite the presence of American Indian Movement demonstrators outside the stadium, the sellout crowd delighted in doing the Chop and singing that irritating "war chant." No wonder Vernon Bellecourt of aim said last week, "We were all rooting for the Reds and the Mariners...
...Sain, and pray for rain," four games to two. (Since then, the Indians have made one more trip to the Series--they lost to the Giants in '54--while the Braves have gone four times, winning in '57, but losing in '58, '91 and '92.) During the '95 season, Maddux and Belle were so astounding that they took baseball history deep--deeper even than...
...Maddux, for instance, finished the year with a 19-2 record and a 1.63 ERA, making him the first pitcher since Walter Johnson in 1918-19 to have an era of 1.80 or less in two consecutive seasons. At 5 ft. 11 1/2 in., Maddux is one of the smaller Braves, and with his eyeglasses on, he's the last guy in the team picture you would peg for being the best pitcher in, oh, the past 75 years. "You should have seen him when he first broke in," says Braves outfielder Dwight Smith, who did indeed debut with Maddux...