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The day Cubs tossed Maddux out the door

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Braves Greg Maddux won 194 games — and four straight Cy Young Awards — in 11 seasons with the Atlanta Braves.

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Twenty years ago Sunday, Greg Maddux left the only team he had ever known, signing as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves after the Cubs shoved him out the door. It's a day that will haunt the Cubs forever.