Figures, huh? It's laughably typical of the Cubs and their drearyplace in sporting life that Greg Maddux, who couldn't get Ronnie [Woo-Woo] Wickers out for three months, pitched six no-hit inningsThursday night in his Los Angeles Dodgers debut. I don't likeperpetuating any wives' tales that Wrigley Field is a spooked housewhere dreams go to die, forcing even the most regal legend toresurrect his mystique elsewhere.
But what else are we to think after Maddux, he of the 4-11 recordsince May and 5.46 ERA in his last nine Cubs starts, held thebaseball world transfixed until a 46-minute rain delay in Cincinnatiprompted manager Grady Little to yank him in the seventh? This …
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