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If anyone is in need of a seminar on how to absolutely nail the handling of expectations and pressure, see Joe Maddon.
The Chicago Cubs’ newly minted skipper was officially introduced Monday, and all of the franchise lore, suffering and newfound promise was dumped on his silver-haired head in one sitting. And as Joe Maddon has come to do, he handled it with spectacular perfection.
If there was any doubt regarding how Maddon’s loose, seemingly carefree attitude would play in a city where Cubs misery is matched only by Chicago's desperation for a winner, Maddon demolished it with a cracked smile and ...
The Chicago Cubs got their man and their manager. By hiring skipper Joe Maddon, a move that became a reality with Monday's introductory press conference, the franchise kicked off what looks to be a busy and productive offseason as the club embarks on the next stage of a long rebuilding process and return to relevance—and perhaps even the postseason—sooner than later.
Just ask Maddon himself.
"For me, I'm going to be talking playoffs next year," Maddon said via Joey Nowak of MLB.com. "We're going to set our mark high, and I'm going to talk playoffs and World Series this year, and I'm ...
With one mantra during his introductory press conference on Monday as the new manager of the Chicago Cubs, Joe Maddon aptly summed up why he's the perfect man to lead a talented young team to prominence.
"Don't ever permit the pressure to exceed the pleasure," Maddon said on MLB Network. "That's on the top of my lineup card every night."
If they were hollow words, perhaps they wouldn't have resonated, but coming from one of the more eccentric and exuberant personalities in the game renowned for his outside-the-box thinking—and aimed at an organization that has suffered a World Series drought dating back ...
Eleven years ago, when upstart general manager Theo Epstein was looking for the manager to end his Red Sox's 86-year World Series drought, he decided to bring in a longtime bench coach of the Anaheim Angels. His name was Joe Maddon. At the time, he was a 49-year-old thought to be ready to become one of the better managers in the game.
Instead of hiring Maddon to end the curse, Epstein went with Terry Francona. That turned out pretty well for Boston.
Now Epstein, who seems to be in the business of ending curses, has another team with a title drought that ...
Excitement is undoubtedly in the Wrigley Field debris-filled air on the North Side of Chicago. The Chicago Cubs will introduce Joe Maddon as their new manager on Monday, which seems to be indicative of wanting to compete starting in 2015. Obviously, being able to do that hinges largely on what they're able to do this offseason.
There are plenty of free agents the Cubs could be after, but there are a clear few who make more sense than others. In particular, there are three pitchers and three hitters that make sense for the Cubs in 2015 and going forward. Broken down ...
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