On this day in 2005 Greg Maddux, then with the Chicago Cubs, became the 13th pitcher in major league history to record his 3,000th career strikeout, in a game against the San Francisco Giants. Maddux is renowned among his peers for his encyclopedic knowledge of hitters -- He remembers everything but like the magician who never reveals his trick, the master changeup artist (who's also a skilled poker player) often replies with a wry smile, "I don't remember."
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