Joe Maddon: The Man Behind the Glasses

[Saul Goodman]

Joe's plan to fix the offense: Start Zobrist and Heyward again. What could go wrong!

[D. Doluntap]

How the fuck did Happ get so far into the doghouse?

[SKO]

Joe's plan to fix the offense: Start Zobrist and Heyward again. What could go wrong!

Anytime you can start three guys with absolutely no fucking power with the wind blowing out, gotta do it

[CubFaninHydePark]

How the fuck did Happ get so far into the doghouse?

That play in CF may explain at least some of that...

[D. Doluntap]

How the fuck did Happ get so far into the doghouse?

That play in CF may explain at least some of that...

He should start at 2B. He can ground out just as well as Zobrist can!

[SKO]

How the fuck did Happ get so far into the doghouse?

That play in CF may explain at least some of that...

He should start at 2B. He can ground out just as well as Zobrist can!

Or he can play a corner OF spot. Either way Zobrist is also a bad defender who misplayed a ball so

[Tonker]

How the fuck did Happ get so far into the doghouse?

That play in CF may explain at least some of that...

I'm still not sure what happened there.  Did he not realise he had the ball?  Did he realise he'd caught it but not realise that he'd dropped it?  Fucking bizarre.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Regarding Happ, Joe has to get smarter on his double switches. Last night, he let Jay hit and the inning ended on Jay's GIDP. He immediately double switched Jay out for Happ to bring in Edwards batting in Jay's spot. Now, without the double switch, Edwards is due up third in the seventh. Joe made a major mistake here.

Either: A) Pinch hit for Jay with Happ with a runner on and one out so Happ faces a righty; or B) Leave Jay in and save Happ to pinch hit for Edwards in the 7th.  There's no way Joe was letting Edwards go two innings.

Bad, bad, bad.

[Saul Goodman]

What I wouldn't give for an hour with Theo to hear, unfiltered, what he really thinks of Joe's moves this postseason. The kind of stuff he says when only Jed is around and they've had a few.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Regarding Happ, Joe has to get smarter on his double switches. Last night, he let Jay hit and the inning ended on Jay's GIDP. He immediately double switched Jay out for Happ to bring in Edwards batting in Jay's spot. Now, without the double switch, Edwards is due up third in the seventh. Joe made a major mistake here.

Either: A) Pinch hit for Jay with Happ with a runner on and one out so Happ faces a righty; or B) Leave Jay in and save Happ to pinch hit for Edwards in the 7th.  There's no way Joe was letting Edwards go two innings.

Bad, bad, bad.

I will say I have this weird feeling that Maddon sees the usage of the double-switch as some sign of surefire in-game managerial tactical gamesmanship which he heard about during all of his years as an American league manager and something that he just couldn't wait to get his paws on, even if the double-switch is, in reality, just a logical device that can be used when you fully expect or need your reliever to go 1+innings.  It seems any time Joe makes a pitching change he can't help but do it alongside a double-switch and it also seems that he's gotten so cute with it that he has on occasion left the team in a worse position to win the game  (i.e. earlier in the playoffs--can't remember which game--when he somehow managed to double-switch both Almora and Heyward out of a close game).  

[Brownie]

Regarding Happ, Joe has to get smarter on his double switches. Last night, he let Jay hit and the inning ended on Jay's GIDP. He immediately double switched Jay out for Happ to bring in Edwards batting in Jay's spot. Now, without the double switch, Edwards is due up third in the seventh. Joe made a major mistake here.

Either: A) Pinch hit for Jay with Happ with a runner on and one out so Happ faces a righty; or B) Leave Jay in and save Happ to pinch hit for Edwards in the 7th.  There's no way Joe was letting Edwards go two innings.

Bad, bad, bad.

I will say I have this weird feeling that Maddon sees the usage of the double-switch as some sign of surefire in-game managerial tactical gamesmanship which he heard about during all of his years as an American league manager and something that he just couldn't wait to get his paws on, even if the double-switch is, in reality, just a logical device that can be used when you fully expect or need your reliever to go 1+innings.  It seems any time Joe makes a pitching change he can't help but do it alongside a double-switch and it also seems that he's gotten so cute with it that he has on occasion left the team in a worse position to win the game  (i.e. earlier in the playoffs--can't remember which game--when he somehow managed to double-switch both Almora and Heyward out of a close game).  

It could be a byproduct of the embarrassment of riches he has in terms of players who can play multiple positions (Zobrist, Happ, LaStella, Baez, Bryant; even Schwarber, Contreras and Avila). Smoke 'em if you got 'em, I guess.

[pisomojado8]

It was nice to let MLB let the Big XII crew take over umpiring this game for bit, then confused the LA Dodgers for Texa$$$

[Saul Goodman]

It was nice to let MLB let the Big XII crew take over umpiring this game for bit, then confused the LA Dodgers for Texa$$$

What

[Quality Start Machine]

What I wouldn't give for an hour with Theo to hear, unfiltered, what he really thinks of Joe's moves this postseason. The kind of stuff he says when only Jed is around and they've had a few.

Based on what we know about Theo, I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be any different if Joe was in the room as well.

[J Rod]

It was nice to let MLB let the Big XII crew take over umpiring this game for bit, then confused the LA Dodgers for Texa$$$

What

Jokes made from a POV not shared by the majority are hard to pull off.

Maybe a generalized PAC12 referee crew - widely recongnized as having terrible moments - reference would have landed better?