Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon has a reputation for getting the most out his players. He’s one of the few major league managers that never actually played in the bigs.
He also knows a thing or two about handling meat.
With the Rays having an over-achieving season, one that Rays owner Stuart Sternberg referred to as having “two pounds of bologna in a one-pound bag,” it seems appropriate that BUGS & CRANKS would bring us a fascinating photo essay of Maddon…with meat!
I’ll be curious to see if bologna makes the All-Maddon team of meat. Maybe instead of porking around the butcher shop, he could find a way to beat the Red Sox.
5:34 pm on May 23rd, 2008
Joe Maddon has beaten the Red Sox already this season.
The Rays swept the Red Sox in their first series in St. Petersburg on Apriil 25-27.
The Red Sox swept the Rays at Fenway on May 2-4.
So the teams have split their series so far. No team has won a road game.
I’m more worried about the Rays beating the Orioles this weekend. A Rays sweep would be great, as the O’s are 2.5 games behind the Rays in the AL East right now.
The Rays are 2.5 games behind the Red Sox. I never expected the Rays to win the AL East… but a wild card berth would be great, just so I could see you write about it.
And who knows? Maddon may figure out how to beat the Red Sox in Fenway next month.
11:20 pm on May 24th, 2008
Nice game today. Rays are up 2-0 against the O’s in this series.
9:38 pm on May 25th, 2008
SWEEP.