I was 24 first year in @mlb and facing @gregmaddux for the first time. I wanted to see what all the fuss was about so I wanted to see a pitch. He throw a fastball strait as a whistle at 85. He knew I wasn’t gonna swing. I thought to myself, “that’s it I’m gonna light him up...

Next pitch was a 2 seamer that started at my hips & ended up on the outside corner. Then he threw a backdoor cutter started 2 feet off the plate away but came back to hit the outside edge of the plate. Strike 3! I never even took the bat off my shoulder....

I glanced back up to him and just gave me a look and a grin that said “welcome to the show kid you’re my bitch.” I was playing baseball, he was playing chess.