The Astros‘ main rival in the National League Central Division–the Chicago Cubs–will announce today that they have signed Greg Maddux, a certain future Hall of Famer and one of the best pitchers of the past two decades in Major League Baseball.
Assuming everyone stays healthy, the Cubs and Astros can throw the following pitching rotations at each other:
Cubs
Mark Prior
Kerry Wood
Greg Maddux
Matt Clement
Carlos Zambrano
Astros
Roy Oswalt
Roger Clemens
Andy Pettitte
Wade Miller
Tim Redding
Wow!
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So I keep asking myself — Why can’t it just be 162 games of New York v Boston v Chicago v Houston?!?
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