Joe Maddon leaned down to grab the microphone from the table. "Where's the bartender?" Maddon said, looking around the room. "I got the drinks right now, OK? … One round's on me, please." Standing in between his two new bosses – Cubs executives Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer – Maddon dropped the microphone for a moment and you could almost see the light bulb go on above his head. Maddon had one more announcement before walking off the stage at The Cubby Bear. "That's a shot and a beer," Maddon said. "That's the Hazleton way." Maddon is a long way from his blue-collar hometown in Pennsylvania and far outside his comfort zone after managing the Tampa Bay Rays for nine seasons. But the new manager just might be crazy enough to make this work. [RELATED - The Cubs made Joe Maddon an offer he couldn't refuse ] Boarded up for construction, wood panels framed the Wrigley Field marquee: "WELCOME JOE MADDON." After so many blah seasons, Monday's press conference at the bar diagonally across the street felt like a tornado. "I want crazy in the clubhouse every day. You need to be crazy to be great," Maddon said. "I love crazy. I tell my players that all the time." This job will...
Joe Maddon might just be crazy enough to make it work in Chicago (NBC on Yahoo Sports)
Published November 4, 2014 at 7:35 AM
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