Joe Maddon: The Man Behind the Glasses

[Quality Start Machine]

Gotta love Joe sending Strop out with a 5-run lead to see if his Cardinals jitters go away.

[Saul Goodman]

Raise a shot and a beer to this guy, who was talking about making the playoffs this season from the second he took the job.

[Saul Goodman]

A team that barely bunted all year has now become the first team in the history of baseball to squeeze bunt twice in a postseason game. Not just two in a row, but to do it twice in the same game at all. Joe is one crazy mofo.

[Quality Start Machine]

A team that barely bunted all year has now become the first team in the history of baseball to squeeze bunt twice in a postseason game. Not just two in a row, but to do it twice in the same game at all. Joe is one crazy mofo.

Joe is taking great pleasure in turning Metheny's brain from tapioca to burnt tapioca.

[Saul Goodman]

Manager of the Damn Year. I assume all these awards can be traded in for the World Series next year, yes?

[thehawk]

Manager of the Damn Year. I assume all these awards can be traded in for the World Series next year, yes?

I think that for Reasonable Trade Value Discussion purposes, MOY+ROY+Cy=World Series.  Don't let us down Jake.

[InternetApex]

Manager of the Damn Year. I assume all these awards can be traded in for the World Series next year, yes?

I think that for Reasonable Trade Value Discussion purposes, MOY+ROY+Cy=World Series.  Don't let us down Jake.

The 1984 team had MOY+Cy+MVP and they didn't trade them for squat. Greenstink was terrible.

[SKO]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

[R-V]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

[SKO]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

I suggested this strategy for the artist formerly known as CJ Edwards last year as a caddy for Wada or Hendricks, since Edwards was mostly being used for multi-inning relief outings in the minors. Pen melted down and said something about how CJ should basically be the closer for all eternity cuz he's super good and not a guy rotting in Iowa due to a continued inability to throw strikes.

This is only tangentially related to the Warren/Hendricks handcuff, but I wanted to point out that Penis wrong again.

[PenFoe]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

I suggested this strategy for the artist formerly known as CJ Edwards last year as a caddy for Wada or Hendricks, since Edwards was mostly being used for multi-inning relief outings in the minors. Pen melted down and said something about how CJ should basically be the closer for all eternity cuz he's super good and not a guy rotting in Iowa due to a continued inability to throw strikes.

This is only tangentially related to the Warren/Hendricks handcuff, but I wanted to point out that Penis wrong again.

I just want to see lots of CJ Edwards.  But not now, this bullpen is tits and they shouldn't do anything to change it.

But someday, it's gonna be a whole lotta CJ. 

[Eli]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

I suggested this strategy for the artist formerly known as CJ Edwards last year as a caddy for Wada or Hendricks, since Edwards was mostly being used for multi-inning relief outings in the minors. Pen melted down and said something about how CJ should basically be the closer for all eternity cuz he's super good and not a guy rotting in Iowa due to a continued inability to throw strikes.

This is only tangentially related to the Warren/Hendricks handcuff, but I wanted to point out that Penis wrong again.

I just want to see lots of CJ Edwards.  But not now, this bullpen is tits and they shouldn't do anything to change it.

But someday, it's gonna be a whole lotta CJ. 

Not if he keeps walking one guy every inning he pitches.

[SKO]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

The other nice thing about this is that if Warren is mostly use for 2-3 innings at a time that hopefully means it's easier to stretch him out as a starter if someone gets hurt or Hammel does the whole Second Half Hammel thing again.

[InternetApex]

Pulling Hendricks despite a masterful five innings (knowing the third time through the order was coming up anyway) and pinch hitting his best contact hitter on the bench in La Stella with 1 out and runners on 2nd and 3rd in the 5th was some good, proactive managin'

Yes.  Nice to get a real true taste of Adam Warren's value as well.  I mean, I know he's been solid all year, but yesterday was the outing I envisioned when we got him--at least until Hammel begins to shit the tub when the calendar hits July.

I wondered why we didn't see him until the 5th game of the year. Then I either read some speculation, or heard JD talk about it, but the thought was that Maddon would basically set up Warren's usage around Hendricks starts. In other words, you know you always want Warren available for 2 innings for a Hendricks start, and you work backwards from there. If that is indeed what they're doing, I think it's a pretty damn clever way to maximize the value you get out of both Warren and Hendricks.

I suggested this strategy for the artist formerly known as CJ Edwards last year as a caddy for Wada or Hendricks, since Edwards was mostly being used for multi-inning relief outings in the minors. Pen melted down and said something about how CJ should basically be the closer for all eternity cuz he's super good and not a guy rotting in Iowa due to a continued inability to throw strikes.

This is only tangentially related to the Warren/Hendricks handcuff, but I wanted to point out that Penis wrong again.

I argued with you about that too. I didn't feel their bullpen was deep enough or good enough to get so cute at the time. Maybe I was wrong. I think it's good enough to do what they seem to be doing with Warren now, mostly because Joe says so.