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Joe Maddon is in favor of the change at the top of Tampa Bay's on-field leadership.
During a series last week when Joe Maddon was able to write the names of Pat Burrell and Jason Bartlett into the lineup for the first time in a month, he had this to say about his Tampa Bay Rays:
Joe Maddon wasn't looking to leave, and Tampa Bay had no intention of letting him go.
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon criticized a $500 fine he received from Major League Baseball following his team's recent confrontation with the Cleveland Indians.
Rays manager Joe Maddon preaches to his team that it only takes one chance at the plate to have a great night.
Joe Maddon believes his Tampa Bay Rays are talented enough to return to the postseason as long as they remain level-headed.
Rays manager Joe Maddon didn't wait to watch Tampa Bay's best pitchers in spring training. He picked right-hander James Shields on Wednesday as the team's opening-day starter.
Joe Maddon had a good reason for interrupting his honeymoon. About an hour after he landed in Rome, the newly married Maddon easily won the American League Manager of the Year award Wednesday for guiding Tampa Bay from baseball's basement to the World Series in one astonishing season.
The Philadelphia Phillies have won the World Series, capturing the decisive fifth game 4-3 over Tampa Bay in a clinching game that took two days to complete following Monday night's rain delay.
The worst-to-first Tampa Bay Rays didn't bedevil Philadelphia for long.
What the Tampa Bay Rays really needed was a guy with a glove in Section 142. Heck, manager Joe Maddon tried most everything else on defense in Game 1 of the World Series. He kept moving around his fielders, from batter to batter and even from pitch to pitch.
The AL Central is still up in the air and the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers are stuck in a game that means everything to one team and very little to the other. The Minnesota Twins? They get to sit back and watch. Minnesota and Chicago each won on what should have been baseball's final regular-season day to remain within a half game of each other in the AL Central. That means Detroit heads to Chicago on Monday for a makeup game, with a White Sox win setting up a one-game playoff with the Twins on Tuesday for the division crown.
Matt Garza and two relievers combined on a six-hitter and Carlos Pena homered to lead AL East-leading Tampa Bay past Toronto 1-0 Wednesday night.
Rocco Baldelli fits perfectly into the remarkable script that the Tampa Bay Rays are putting together this season.
James Shields looked and felt fresh, so there was no doubt in manager Joe Maddon's mind that the young Tampa Bay right-hander had enough to finish off the Detroit Tigers.
Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon is anxiously awaiting a boost to his lineup: the return of third baseman Akinori Iwamura. Before their game against the Chicago White Sox was rained out Saturday night, Maddon said Iwamura was expected to return Monday.
Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon called it a "growth moment" when James Shields worked out of a difficult situation midway through the game. Shields gave up three runs over 7 1-3 innings and Rocco Baldelli had a two-run homer as Tampa Bay beat the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Thursday night.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon went deep into his defensive playbook attempting to slow down Travis Hafner. It worked, but barely. Jae Seo won for the first time since July, Ben Zobrist drove in two runs and the Devil Rays beat the Cleveland Indians 6-5 Saturday night.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon thought he might see a pitcher's duel and it turned out he was right.
Ichiro tries for payback homer on first pitchThis is the good part: "My idea was to tell him, 'Wassup?' But I got nervous, and I didn't say it. That was a little disappointing. But I realized the president wears jeans. I hope our skipper, Wak, was watching so we can wear jeans on flights, too."
* Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu and Royals manager Trey Hillman have been named to Joe Maddon's bench for the All-Star game, but I'm more interested in this note about the rest of his staff: "Toronto Blue Jays head trainer George Poulis and Oakland Athletics head athletic traine …
* Joe Maddon and the Rays reportedly have agreed to terms on a three-year contract extension that is expected to be finalized later this week.
On the move? * On the heels of yesterday's speculation that the Indians may begin shopping Victor Martinez, Jon Heyman of SI.com reports that they're "now fielding offers" for Mark DeRosa.
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