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The long-awaited hiring of Joe Maddon as manager of the Los Angeles Angels appears to be moving forward. According to various reports, Maddon interviewed with the Angels on Monday, and people close to Maddon believe the hiring will happen. That is …
Multiple teams are interested in bringing in Joe Maddon as their manager, but one team seems to have a better shot than the rest. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Los Angeles Angels are Maddon’s top choice, and he is set to …
The Chicago Cubs may have decided not to bring Joe Maddon back as manager, but that does not mean other teams aren’t interested in the veteran skipper. Maddon has received interest from multiple teams for managerial jobs, according to …
The Los Angeles Angels announced their decision to fire manager Brad Ausmus after the Chicago Cubs parted ways with Joe Maddon, but one move apparently had nothing to do with the other. Bob Nightengale of USA Today was told by a high-ranking Angels …
There appears to be a lot of mutual interest between Joe Maddon and the Los Angeles Angels. The Angels fired manager Brad Ausmus on Monday after one season at the helm, and it was widely believed they did so because of Maddon’s availability. …
Joe Maddon’s tenure as manager of the Chicago Cubs is coming to an unsurprising end. The Cubs announced the move Sunday ahead of the final game of the season, following a meeting between Maddon and team president Theo Epstein on Saturday …
Joe Maddon knows he may take some heat for the lineup he plans to use for the remainder of the regular season, but he does not care. Maddon’s Chicago Cubs are in the middle of an 8-game losing streak and were eliminated from the playoff race on …
The Chicago Cubs were officially eliminated from playoff contention on Wednesday, and now it seems all but certain that Joe Maddon will not return as the team’s manager. President Theo Epstein said before the season and has promised all along …
The Chicago Cubs face the possibility of missing the playoffs as they continue to flounder toward the finish line. That has left manager Joe Maddon doing everything he can to try to right the ship. On Friday, Maddon delivered his latest assessment: …
The Chicago Cubs have been steadfast in their refusal to discuss a new contract with Joe Maddon, who is in the final year of the five-year contract he signed when joining the organization. That doesn’t mean Maddon sees no future in Chicago, …
Joe Maddon means business for the Chicago Cubs now. The MLB trade deadline has passed and we are now in August. Accordingly, Maddon says the time to play players for developmental purposes is over and “it’s big boy time” now. Joe …
Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon is not known for calling out his players publicly, but he didn’t resist after Addison Russell’s performance on Saturday. The Cubs shortstop made a litany of mistakes, including three baserunning errors and …
A major topic of conversation around baseball this year has been the increased home run rate and what the baseballs used have to do with it, with some believing that MLB is manipulating them to make them fly farther. Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon …
Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon was ejected from Thursday’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates after getting upset with the opposing team for throwing up and in on his players. Javy Baez was batting for the Cubs in the top of the fourth …
Though we’re nearly halfway through the season, we have yet to see an in-season managerial change in Major League Baseball this year. Will that stay the case? It’s hard to say, though there are certainly some who could lose their job …
Umpire CB Bucknor is not a popular guy around Major League Baseball, and Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon is the latest to publicly criticize him. The Cubs did not like Bucknor’s strike zone in a 5-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. …
