Joe Maddon to become Cubs manager (10/29)

[Doctor G]

If you get Maddon do you get Jim Hickey with him?

 

[E5 Yaz]

always a bridesmaid

 

[soxhop411]

“@Joelsherman1: For what it is worth, lots of folks in game predicting Maddon ends up with #Cubs — maybe sooner than later”

Smoke

 

[Remagellan]

Piker. Everyone knows you wait until Game 4 of the World Series to exercise your opt-out, not Game 3.

 

This comment deserves more love.  
 
I thought the Dodgers for sure, but the Cubs makes perfect sense.  Wasn't he the other finalist when Theo hired Francona to manage the Sox? 
 
I would feel bad for Rays fans if there were any or if their announcers hadn't treated that team like God's Gift to Baseball for the past six years.  

 

[bosockboy]

Cubs make a ton of sense, but a pretty dick move to can Renteria after he really did the best with what he could.

 

[soxhop411]

“@pgammo: First guess from Maddon friends:Cubs, Mets”

https://twitter.com/pgammo/status/525706348424474624

https://twitter.com/pgammo/status/525706348424474624

link to tweet

 

[soxhop411]

“@ChrisArcher42: You're only as faithful as your options.”
Chris Archer seems salty

https://twitter.com/ChrisArcher42/status/525685240644534274
link to tweet

Edit: I think that's a Chris Rock quote?

 

[bankshot1]

The Maddon shift: Will Joe bring his genius to the the NL and really show the senior circuit how to run the double-switch?

 

[Snoop Soxy Dogg]

“@ChrisArcher42: You're only as faithful as your options.”
Chris Archer seems salty

https://twitter.com/ChrisArcher42/status/525685240644534274
link to tweet

Edit: I think that's a Chris Rock quote?

 
Man, Chris Archer really comes off as a douche more often than not..Is it a Tampa thing?

 

[trekfan55]

So I guess this is the right thread:
 
Crossposting from the other one:
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he will end up managing the Dodgers.
 
But, at the fear of being lynched here, would anyone like to see him managing the Red Sox?

 

[Bosoxen]

 
Man, Chris Archer really comes off as a douche more often than not..Is it a Tampa thing?

 
Ironically (or maybe not), it's a Maddon thing. Looks like his work is done there.

 

[Frank Fenway]

I hope he ends up on the Mets 

 

[Frank Fenway]

So I guess this is the right thread:
 
Crossposting from the other one:
 
Yeah, I'm pretty sure he will end up managing the Dodgers.
 
But, at the fear of being lynched here, would anyone like to see him managing the Red Sox?

 
They have a manager? 

 

[soxhop411]

“@JeffPassan: One Maddon confidante believes he wouldn't have opted out without a sense of what the market would bear. And he wants to go big market.”

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/525709943060840448

https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/525709943060840448

link to tweet

 

[bosockboy]

If he goes Cubbies, you can expect Shields this winter and Price next winter.

 

[RoyHobbs]

“@simmonssteve: An unconfirmed rumour at exec levels of baseball has Joe Maddon going to the Cubs.”

 

https://twitter.com/simmonssteve/status/525694249363582976
link to tweet
 


 
Dear Steve Simmons, what the hell is an "unconfirmed rumor"? A rumor is a rumor.
 
See ya later, Professor Maddon. Maybe he'll bring his intellectual mystique and aura to the Harvard nine.

 

[Bergs]

If he goes Cubbies, you can expect Shields this winter and Price next winter.

 
With their young bats, the Cubs are about to become scary in the next couple of years.

 

[Laser Show]

If he goes Cubbies, you can expect Shields this winter and Price next winter.

That makes way too much sense. Wow.

 

[E5 Yaz]

That makes way too much sense.

 
Especially if you don't expect to do well in the postseason

 

[singaporesoxfan]

I think he's going to LA... to star in a live action version of "Up".

 

[Ed Hillel]

 
Man, Chris Archer really comes off as a douche more often than not..Is it a Tampa thing?

 
It's an Archer thing I think.

 

[Comeback Kid]

Nero actions have really set the Rays organization ablaze.

I fiddled with a few different responses to this but all I can say is well done.

 

[JimD]

Maddon wanted nothing to do with the 90-loss Rays seasons on the horizon.

 

[TomRicardo]

 
Man, Chris Archer really comes off as a douche more often than not..Is it a Tampa thing?

 

 

[mauidano]

Rotate this...Girardi to the Cubs, Mattingly to the MFY's and Maddon to the Dodgers.

 

[Coachster]

I think he'll be in L.A. His dream is to be reunited with Carl Crawford.

 

[The_Powa_of_Seiji_Ozawa]

Rotate this...Girardi to the Cubs, Mattingly to the MFY's and Maddon to the Dodgers.

 
Theo loves his 3 way deals

 

[nattysez]

When introduced last week as the Dodgers president of baseball operations, Andrew Friedman said Don Mattingly would “definitely” manage the team next season.
That remains the case, even in the wake of Joe Maddon’s sudden departure from the Tampa Bay Rays, Friedman wrote in a text message Friday.
 

 
http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/dodgersnow/la-sp-dn-don-mattingly-dodgers-joe-maddon-20141024-story.html

 

[E5 Yaz]

I wonder who the minority candidate will be who gets the mandatory useless interview from the team that fires its manager to hire Maddon

 

[Average Reds]

Oh, well if he said it by text message, if has to be true.

 

[mauidano]

So Joe has a restaurant opening in Tampa next week and he might just sit out a year and focus on that?  Yeah, right.  Or he could partner up with Harold Reynolds and Joe Buck on Fox!!

 

[Fred not Lynn]

I wonder who the minority candidate will be who gets the mandatory useless interview from the team that fires its manager to hire Maddon

 
Probably the same guy who gets that interview with the Rays...he's going to be busy this winter. But that's OK, he gets the summer off.

 

[Sox and Rocks]

HAHAHA.
 
Both TB Rays fans are sad.
 
 

VORP speed and Dick Vitale

 

[Harry Hooper]

VORP speed and Dick Vitale

 
 
3 if you count the heckler guy.

 

[Infield Infidel]

Is it tampering if Friedman and Maddon talked about going to the dodgers before Friedman left TB?

 

[Pilgrim]

Cubs make a ton of sense, but a pretty dick move to can Renteria after he really did the best with what he could.

yea, the entire reason they hired him was the young talent was underperforming. I don't know how he is as an on field manager, but the Cubs had a very positive season.

 

[1918stabbedbyfoulke]

 
This comment deserves more love.  
 
I thought the Dodgers for sure, but the Cubs makes perfect sense.  Wasn't he the other finalist when Theo hired Francona to manage the Sox? 
 
I would feel bad for Rays fans if there were any or if their announcers hadn't treated that team like God's Gift to Baseball for the past six years.  

Yes. Maddon was the other finalist.

 

[nattysez]

 
Probably the same guy who gets that interview with the Rays...he's going to be busy this winter. But that's OK, he gets the summer off.

 
I'd think the Rays would almost certainly elevate Dave Martinez.  

 

[VORP Speed]

VORP speed and Dick Vitale

I just had another kid so as of last week the fan base has increased by 33%

 

[joe dokes]

Rotate this...Girardi to the Cubs, Mattingly to the MFY's and Maddon to the Dodgers.

Why wouldn't the Spawnbrenners just hire Maddon?

 

[Marbleheader]

I'm going with the other LA team.

 

[Ed Hillel]

Why wouldn't the Spawnbrenners just hire Maddon?

 
Would that shock anybody at this point?

 

[E5 Yaz]

I'm going with the other LA team.

 
Oh, I wish I'd thought of that

 

[soxhop411]

Jayson Stark ‏@jaysonst  58s58 seconds ago
 
The more I hear from sources who have spoken with #Rays more convinced I am that there was almost no offer that could have kept Maddon there
 
Sound like he wanted out

 

[Mighty Joe Young]

<p>Jayson Stark ‏@jaysonst  58s58link to tweet seconds ago The more I hear from sources who have spoken with #Rays more convinced I am that there was almost no offer that could have kept Maddon there Sounds like he wanted out

Read the writing on the wall .. Lost your genius GM, bad farm system , declining major league team , Shrinking payroll, crappy park And if he goes to the Cubs .. Excellent GM, great farm system , improving major league team .. Payroll about to expand greatly , great ballpark and a big personal payday .. Gee not exactly a difficult.choice.Not to mention in the NL he can do stupid shit like batting the pitcher 8th or triple switches .

 

[YTF]

Wondering how the unifying themed road trips will play with a team like the Dodgers. Guessing a team filled with high priced veterans isn't going to jump on the "Pajama Day" train. Well, perhaps Brian Wilson.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

There will never be a better time than the next 3-5 years for Montreal to push for relocation.

 

[Al Zarilla]

So we got Maddon out of the AL East. Any way to do same with their crummy ballpark?

 

[soxhop411]

Joel Sherman ‏@Joelsherman1  2m2 minutes ago
 
Heard Maddon seeking 5-yr, $25M range #Mets never going there for $ reasons. Also not sure Alderson believes mgrs should earn at that level
 
So, Cubs and Dodgers? Who else can pay a manager that much?
 
https://twitter.com/Joelsherman1/status/525757019425218560

 

[nattysez]

I'm going with the other LA team.

 
Unlikely.
 
First, that would be a huge weasel move by Maddon.  He'd be taking the job of a guy with whom he worked closely for a long time.
 
Second, when's the last time a manager whose team won the most games in MLB got fired?
 
Third, Scioscia has 4/~$20mm left on his deal.  No way Arte is eating all of that to pay another guy 5/$25mm.