Not long before eight-time Gold Glove Award winner Garry Maddox retired from baseball in 1986, the former Phillies centerfielder had planned on returning to his hometown of Los Angeles.
It never happened that way. Maddox, 65, has never left the Philadelphia area since his career ended. Instead, he has set up a number of successful businesses here and has remained involved in the community.
On Thursday, Maddox was introduced as one of 15 new inductees into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be Nov. 12 at the Sheraton Society Hill.
"When it was my turn to make that decision I was fortunate enough to get some advice that I should stay here," said Maddox, who was enshrined on the Phillies Wall of Fame in 2001.