Article: Cubs could get more value from Greg Maddux by trading him

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With every loss, Greg Maddux's value to another team declines. This is the lens with which Maddux, a 40-year-old pitcher with his best days behind him, needs to be viewed.

Recently, the Chicago Tribune devoted several reporters and a photographer on a glowing profile of Greg Maddux for its Sunday magazine.

In the media business, allocating those kind of resources to a pitcher who was 1-4 in the month of May with a 7.29 ERA would be known as a swinging wildly and missing badly.

The Tribune editors, like quite a few people, were duped by what has turned out to be a big April fool's joke by Maddux.

He was 5-0 in his first five ...

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