He is also one of the most well-respected players to ever play the game. He was a consummate professional. But it turns out that Maddux is also a normal guy, one who isn’t above lighting his own farts on fire.
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During his Hall of Fame induction speech on Sunday, he thanked his brother for teaching him to light farts on fire.
“My brother Mike led by example … he even taught me about science. It had to do with methane and a lighter.”
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We don’t have all the stats, but we are pretty confident that this is the first Hall of Fame speech to ever include a joke about lighting farts on fire.
