Fergie also pitched in a more friendly pitching climate than Greg did. Since Fergie retired, ball parks have shrunk, baseball's became more juiced, and the players themselves became more juiced. I'm a bigger fan of Fergie than Maddux, but I don't have an issue with both of their names being retired with that number. ive met you, like you as a person as well as your family i met(wife) but i have to respectfully disagreeei havent met you, but i'm curious why you disagree. their numbers are very, very similar. and as bbb pointed out, fergie pitched in a better era for pitchers. considering that, you could argue that maddux was actually better than fergie. i'm not prepared to do so one way or the other, but i'm sure an argument could be made either way. that said, why do you take issue with two very, very similar players each being given the same honor?