Greg Maddux - Go Figure

Sometimes sports makes absolutely no sense. Gregg Maddux is a first ballot Hall of Famer five years after he retires, no question. He's among the smartest pitcher in this or any era, as he never had a Randy Johnson fastball, or a knee buckling curve. Maddux has expertly been able to spot the ball where he needed and made hitters swing at his pitches. For those old school enough to remember Catfish Hunter with Oakland and the Yankees, very similar.

For all his greatness, the Arizona Diamondbacks have been his Waterloo. After three sharp efforts in 2008, leading to the 42-year old hurler to own 2.00 ERA, be started in the desert Friday night and was blown up for six runs in the first inning by Arizona and had to suck it up, with the Padres having no other pitchers available, having played 22-innings the night prior. Maddux ended up throwing 113 pitches in seven innings, be thumped for 13 hits and nine runs.

Since joining the league in 1997, the D-Backs are 13-2 versus Maddux, hanging a ERA well over 5 on him. When it comes to Arizona, you'd have to believe Maddux is just snake bit.