Wacky Joe Maddon is at it again!

[Glen]

First game as a manager in the NL, and he has his pitcher batting 8th instead of 9th.  

 

What will he do next?  Stay tuned!

[Hollyw00d]

I love it. Maddon is the best

[tdawg87]

[nando714]

Would have loved madden managing the halos

[Brandon]

The Sosh coaching tree lives on

[moccasin]

And the decision backfires already.

Lester up with runner on 3rd, 2 outs. 3 pitch K.

[tdawg87]

Well they would have just walked the 8 hitter to get to him anyway so the outcome would have been the same.

[moccasin]

The score would be the same, but leading off the next inning from the top would be preferred.

[Brandon]

The whole reason he does it is to have a secondary lead-off hitter. This exact situation.

 

They quoted him earlier in the game.

[moccasin]

And it worked. Madden wins.

[Hollyw00d]

Molina lost a lot of weight

[moccasin]

The strike zone has to be electrolyzed soon. It's consistent, but at least 2 balls wide on each side.

[ELEVEN]

Sounds painful

[CanadianHalo]

4.1 for Lester...

Hamilton for Lester! Get it done Jerry!!!!!!

[Glen]

And it worked. Madden wins.

 

 

It did?  Cubs = 0 runs.  I guess it didn't not work, so that counts as a win.

[Glen]

To be fair, the Cubs are something like 0-14 with RISP.  Doesn't matter if the pitcher is hitting the #8 spot or the #2 spot with those numbers.

[Hollyw00d]

The Cubs would have won if they had kris bryant

[Glen]

Bourjesus sighting!

[moccasin]

Haha, Cubs still suck. 5 hit shutout.

[disarcina]

A move from Tony LaRussa -- LaRussa used to do this on occasion.

[Taylor]

The Cubs are now on pace to be the first 0-162 team in MLB history.

 

LOL Maddon.

[Troll Daddy]

Maddon should of played Bryant ... oh well

[LBHalos17]

The strike zone has to be electrolyzed soon. It's consistent, but at least 2 balls wide on each side.

I'm against K-zone being used, instead of Umpires.  I WOULD like for the Umpires to be forced to watch some of their missed calls after the game, however to help improve their game.

 

And yes, Maddon is worth about 10-15 wins this year for the Cubbies.

[CaliAngel]

The strike zone has to be electrolyzed soon. It's consistent, but at least 2 balls wide on each side.

 

Not sure that's the correct term, but yes, the strike zone needs to be called by computers, not stupid umpires.

 

They may stand out there to make sure the game moves along and everyone is following the rules, but besides that? We don't need 'em!

[Stradling]

Maddon should of played Bryant ... oh well

Because he was available to play