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Title: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: MusicMan on October 24, 2014, 11:41:36 am
Olney reports on ESPN that Maddon has opted out of his contract, effective immediately.

Following his old boss to LA, perhaps?
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: MusicMan on October 24, 2014, 11:55:31 am
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Ken Rosenthal ‏@Ken_Rosenthal  3s3 seconds ago
Source: Maddon NOT heading to #Dodgers.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: HudsonHawk on October 24, 2014, 12:06:37 pm
Good thing the Astros snatched up A.J. when they did.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: MusicMan on October 24, 2014, 12:12:16 pm
I'm guessing Mrs. Archer isn't too happy with this message.

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RT @ChrisArcher42 You're only as faithful as your options.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: jbm on October 24, 2014, 01:18:16 pm
I heard an interview with Archer.  There was no animosity at all. Said he understood how everyone must always look for what is best for them and their family.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: David in Jackson on October 24, 2014, 01:53:07 pm
Good thing the Astros snatched up A.J. when they did.

My first thought exactly.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: austro on October 24, 2014, 08:14:38 pm
My first thought exactly.

Moi aussi.

My second thought was that I'll bet the Rangers are also thrilled that they snapped up Bogar so quickly.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: NeilT on October 24, 2014, 08:16:27 pm
My first thought exactly.

I get it!  Irony and pity!  You're waking up with irony and pity!  I hear it's all the rage in New York.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Nate Colbert on October 24, 2014, 08:55:42 pm
My second thought was that I'll bet the Rangers are also thrilled that they snapped up Bogar so quickly.

Jeff Banister.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: austro on October 24, 2014, 09:02:31 pm
Jeff Banister.

Yeah, I'm an idiot. It seemed wrong as I was typing it, so I looked on Wikipedia (further confirmation that I'm an idiot), but the last manager listed there was Bogar, so I went with it. Of course, that's just the end of last season, and if my brain had been engaged I would have figured that out. Oh well.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Dark Star on October 25, 2014, 07:15:42 am
Yeah, I'm an idiot. It seemed wrong as I was typing it, so I looked on Wikipedia (further confirmation that I'm an idiot), but the last manager listed there was Bogar, so I went with it. Of course, that's just the end of last season, and if my brain had been engaged I would have figured that out. Oh well.

You Wikipidiot!
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Reuben on October 25, 2014, 10:03:46 am
Why in the hell would Joe Maddon want to come manage the Astros anyway? I mean, maybe if they paid him $12m a year, but otherwise, why?
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: roadrunner on October 25, 2014, 10:10:45 am
My guess is he takes a year off for TV and then goes to the Dodgers, Cubs, or Cards.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: juliogotay on October 25, 2014, 10:11:03 am
Why in the hell would Joe Maddon want to come manage the Astros anyway? I mean, maybe if they paid him $12m a year, but otherwise, why?

same reason he may end up in Chicago?
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: juliogotay on October 25, 2014, 10:12:06 am
My guess is he takes a year off for TV and then goes to the Dodgers, Cubs, or Cards.

I don't think the Cards job will be open. Matheny is going to be there a long time.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: NeilT on October 25, 2014, 11:32:34 am
I don't think the Cards job will be open. Matheny is going to be there a long time.

Will the Astros be open by then?
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: austro on October 25, 2014, 03:50:20 pm
Why in the hell would Joe Maddon want to come manage the Astros anyway? I mean, maybe if they paid him $12m a year, but otherwise, why?

Maybe he likes the look of the talent in the pipeline? I also doubt that he'd come to the Astros, but situations like this are why I was disappointed to see them settle for A.J. Hinch so quickly. I doubt that other teams were beating down his door.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: HudsonHawk on October 25, 2014, 07:39:24 pm
Maybe he likes the look of the talent in the pipeline? I also doubt that he'd come to the Astros, but situations like this are why I was disappointed to see them settle for A.J. Hinch so quickly. I doubt that other teams were beating down his door.

Maddon is a crusty, old-school baseball guy.  I don't think he fits in with Luhnow's "we'll pick your staff together" way of thinking.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Navin R Johnson on October 29, 2014, 04:43:51 pm
And Maddon to the Cubs.  Fuck.  I mean Fuck the Cubs.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: mrpink on October 29, 2014, 10:18:51 pm
Maddon is a crusty, old-school baseball guy.  I don't think he fits in with Luhnow's "we'll pick your staff together" way of thinking.
Nothing about Maddon indicates he's old-school at all, other than that he's, well, old.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: chuck on October 30, 2014, 12:12:54 am
Nothing about Maddon indicates he's old-school at all, other than that he's, well, old.

Other than the fact that he appears to prefer to think for himself.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Fredia on October 30, 2014, 11:15:54 am
i so totally understand
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on October 31, 2014, 06:40:08 am
Wow, the Cubs hired Maddon before they actually fired Renteria.
Title: Re: Shocker: Maddon out in TB
Post by: remy on October 31, 2014, 09:24:23 pm
Wow, the Cubs hired Maddon before they actually fired Renteria.

FTCF

firethecoachfirst.