Greg Maddux calls it quits

http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/columnists/jimbaumbach/blog/2008/11/greg_maddux_retires_22_years_a.html

Agent Scott Boras announced Greg Maddux will retire. That gives us a perfect opportunity to revisit his major-league debut, which was as wild as it gets.

Sept. 2, 1986.
Astros at Cubs.
Attendance: 10,501.

In a game that took 18 innings to finish - and lasted more than five hours split over two days because there were no lights yet at Wrigley - Maddux entered the game as a pinch runner in the bottom of the 17th.

The Cubs were trailed 7-4 going into the bottom half, but Ryne Sandberg walked, Bob Dernier doubled and Keith Moreland hit a three-run shot to tie it. Jody Davis singled with one out, putting the potential winning run on, and Maddux came in to run. Alas, he didn't score.

In the top of the 18th he gave up a one-out homer to Billy Hatcher, and Danny Darwin set the Cubs down 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning to close the Astros' 8-7 win.

A total of 53 players were used by both teams, including pinch hitters Terry Francona (0-for-1), Rick Sutcliffe (HBP) and Gary Matthews Sr. (1-for-3). The starting pitchers were 39-year-old Nolan Ryan and 23-year-old Jamie Moyer.