Yeah Maddux is the guy. If you lose it won’t be his fault. Go back another 15 years and my automatic reaction was: Koufax. Prime Sandy is as good as it ever gets.
Other respect for the game scenario...I swear no1 says this but ask Buck Showalter about Jeter's walkoff in final game when he was O's manager. He threw him a fastball outside & had the 2B shifted up the middle to a known oppo hitter. I know he let him have a higher chance of gettin a hit there because of respect for the game & the player & the O's weren't playing for anything at the end of that yr.