Greg Maddux says he was very close to signing with the New York Yankees instead of the Atlanta Braves back in 1992.

Maddux ended up signing a five-year, $28 million deal with the Braves.

The Hall of Fame pitcher had every intention of signing with the Yankees, but he never received an official contract offer after one of the club's front office members had a heart attack.

"I went (to New York) to sign with the Yankees," Maddux said on David Cone's Toeing the Slab podcast. "I was shocked I didn't get offered a contract. It's not college. I didn't go there just for a recruiting trip. You kind of go there to sign a contract and everything."