October 24, 201411 yr @Buster_ESPN: Rival executives believe that if Joe Maddon winds up with the Cubs, the Rays will investigate the issue of tampering.
October 24, 201411 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 24, 2014 -> 04:50 PM) @Buster_ESPN: Rival executives believe that if Joe Maddon winds up with the Cubs, the Rays will investigate the issue of tampering. What happens then? Tampering is ridiculously hard to prove anyways, but are they just going to take away a draft pick and give it to Tampa or force Chicago to give them a player or what? Hopefully it's the latter and hopefully it's Kris Bryant.
October 24, 201411 yr Dodgers say they have a manager. Mets say they have a manager. Crickets from Wrigley. I am pretty sure David Kaplan would make porn with Maddon. Edited October 24, 201411 yr by Dick Allen
October 24, 201411 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Oct 24, 2014 -> 03:53 PM) Jeff Torborg won 94 games in 1990 with a team with the lowest payroll in baseball. After the next season, the GM himted he should take another job. The reason TB won 90+ games several years in a row wasn' because Maddon was making out the line up card. If the Cubs have the players to be good, they will win whether it is Renteria or Maddon calling the shots. Managers don't make 20 game differences in the record. If they did, Tampa Bay would have given him whatever he wanted. Always been talked about around Tampa was that the front office pretty much made the lineup card based off whatever their data showed was the best matchups for that game. maybe thats why the organization didnt feel like meeting Maddon's number in talks. Maddon really became bigger than the team. He was on just as many billboards and promos as the players around here. He walked on water with the fans and media. He would complain if fans were booing any of the players or being negative. Well good luck going to a major market if things dont go perfectly. He'll be missed most probably for what he does with the team from the time between the last out of a game is made and the first pitch the following night. Which is why I dont think there will be much of a drop off from Maddon to Martinez if Dave gets the job. If Martinez doesnt get it then he must be a horrible at interviewing and needs to give up on the dream of managing in MLB.
October 25, 201411 yr If the Cubs do get Maddon and can't win it all with a Epstein/Maddon combo, then they should just quit baseball...
October 25, 201411 yr http://www.tampabay.com/sports/baseball/ra...ay-rays/2203572 http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/colum...025-column.html Cubs angels twins...? Phillies because of Pennsylvania hometown? Haugh wants the cubs .... Quotes from maddon and former sox broadcaster Dave wills. Edited October 26, 201411 yr by caulfield12
October 27, 201411 yr Chris De Luca @ChrisDeLuca 41m41 minutes ago Ozzie Guillen would love to coach for Joe Maddon — with #Cubs http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...ml#.VE6ufovF_88 …
October 27, 201411 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 04:25 PM) Chris De Luca @ChrisDeLuca 41m41 minutes ago Ozzie Guillen would love to coach for Joe Maddon — with #Cubs http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...ml#.VE6ufovF_88 … :heylookatme
October 28, 201411 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 27, 2014 -> 09:25 PM) Chris De Luca @ChrisDeLuca 41m41 minutes ago Ozzie Guillen would love to coach for Joe Maddon — with #Cubs http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/cu...ml#.VE6ufovF_88 … how bout all that B/S he has said about the north sider team.
October 29, 201411 yr Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 21m21 minutes ago Westminster, CO cubs are talking to maddon, and it's serious enough that renteria has been told of the possibility. http://cbsprt.co/1wFSZ6c
October 29, 201411 yr Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 3m3 minutes ago Westminster, CO joe maddon to become cubs manager. story up soon at @CBSSports
October 29, 201411 yr Author Jon Heyman @JonHeymanCBS 3m3 minutes ago Westminster, CO joe maddon to become cubs manager. story up soon at @CBSSports Have they actually fired Renteria yet?
October 29, 201411 yr QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Oct 29, 2014 -> 04:35 PM) Have they actually fired Renteria yet? I'm sure it's in the works and per Heyman he had been approached about the possibility.
October 29, 201411 yr Meh. Maddon is a good manager but managers just don't have a big impact on wins and losses.
October 29, 201411 yr QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Oct 29, 2014 -> 09:38 PM) Meh. Maddon is a good manager but managers just don't have a big impact on wins and losses. If their young talent plays to their potential, Ned Yost or Ozzie Guillen could lead them to the postseason. The main thing the Maddon hire will do is create even more buzz for their future, which was pretty high heading into the offseason. I also expect them to spend a ton this offseason, as they are huge favorites to sign Lester. Hopefully the Dodgers continue to field an All-Star team, while the Pirates and Cardinals continue to put competitive teams out on the field. Edited October 29, 201411 yr by fathom
October 29, 201411 yr Ha. Someone doesn't want to get charged with tampering... View 5 new Tweets Paul Sullivan @PWSullivan 3m3 minutes ago Cubs' source calls Maddon report "inaccurate." No word from Cubs or Maddon's agent.
October 29, 201411 yr QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2014 -> 04:44 PM) Ha. Someone doesn't want to get charged with tampering... View 5 new Tweets Paul Sullivan @PWSullivan 3m3 minutes ago Cubs' source calls Maddon report "inaccurate." No word from Cubs or Maddon's agent. I think they don't want to compound their potential future troubles by having this news break 2 hours before game 7 of the World Series.
October 29, 201411 yr Yaaaawn. "Enjoy next three years of losing, only to be driven out of town and blamed for the collective failures of a poorly run sports franchise." "Ya, what he said..."
October 29, 201411 yr QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 29, 2014 -> 04:41 PM) If their young talent plays to their potential, Ned Yost or Ozzie Guillen could lead them to the postseason. The main thing the Maddon hire will do is create even more buzz for their future, which was pretty high heading into the offseason. I also expect them to spend a ton this offseason, as they are huge favorites to sign Lester. Hopefully the Dodgers continue to field an All-Star team, while the Pirates and Cardinals continue to put competitive teams out on the field. The arrow is definitely pointing up, but they will never ever live up to the hype even if they somehow managed to win it all once or twice.
October 29, 201411 yr Ken Rosenthal @Ken_Rosenthal 1m1 minute ago Sources: Maddon talking to #Cubs as well as other teams. No deal in place with Cubs - yet. Bob Nightengale @BNightengale 18s18 seconds ago Joe Maddon is talking to the #Cubs and other teams, agent Alan Nero says, but Nero and the Cubs say that no deal is done. At least not yet.
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