Greg Maddux hit José Canseco on purpose.Chipper & Maddux explain.
January 13, 2026
Greg Maddux hit José Canseco on purpose.Chipper & Maddux explain.
6 comments
“Bobby comes waddling down” lol.
Gosh I love these kinds of interviews that enrich events with lore and background context. Really goes to show there’s so many games within the game we’re not aware of.
Never knew Walt Weiss was a scrapper.
Anybody have a link to the YouTube vid? I’m unable to load
Baseball was so different back then.
There’s another story where Maddux was a rookie in 1987 with the Cubs and the team expected him to hit a batter to retaliate for hitting Andrew Dawson in the face. The benches cleared, there was a big brawl on the field, and the warnings were thrown out.
Keep in mind, Maddux was just a kid at this point. Imagine AJSS was our pitcher and Acuna got plunked in the face hard enough to spit blood.
Maddux understood that if he didn’t get a win, he was getting sent down to AAA. A teammate told Greg to just go out and get six innings to lock in the W then we he could retaliate. But Maddux told him no. Maddux went out there and immediately beaned Benito Santiago, signaling it was intentional retaliation.
Maddux was promptly ejected and would be optioned to AAA.
Maddux said that he lost the W, but if he hadn’t done that, he would have lost the respect of his teammates. Maddux said he didn’t care if he ever got another win if he lost that respect.
Does anyone know where to watch the full Maddux doc? Stuff is fascinating guy was an absolute DOG
6 comments
“Bobby comes waddling down” lol.
Gosh I love these kinds of interviews that enrich events with lore and background context. Really goes to show there’s so many games within the game we’re not aware of.
Never knew Walt Weiss was a scrapper.
Anybody have a link to the YouTube vid? I’m unable to load
Baseball was so different back then.
There’s another story where Maddux was a rookie in 1987 with the Cubs and the team expected him to hit a batter to retaliate for hitting Andrew Dawson in the face. The benches cleared, there was a big brawl on the field, and the warnings were thrown out.
Keep in mind, Maddux was just a kid at this point. Imagine AJSS was our pitcher and Acuna got plunked in the face hard enough to spit blood.
Maddux understood that if he didn’t get a win, he was getting sent down to AAA. A teammate told Greg to just go out and get six innings to lock in the W then we he could retaliate. But Maddux told him no. Maddux went out there and immediately beaned Benito Santiago, signaling it was intentional retaliation.
Maddux was promptly ejected and would be optioned to AAA.
Maddux said that he lost the W, but if he hadn’t done that, he would have lost the respect of his teammates. Maddux said he didn’t care if he ever got another win if he lost that respect.
Does anyone know where to watch the full Maddux doc? Stuff is fascinating guy was an absolute DOG