Worth his weight in gold?

Absolutely, I say.

It's laughable watching the Sox fans troll Cub threads and jealously downplay his value.

How many times has Joe worn out his welcome? No longer fit with a MLB team as manager?

He's a great manager and I still have a hard time believing he is with the Cubs. I predict...(RIP Mike Murphy)...he retires and rides off into the sunset and the HOF as the manager who won the modern Cubs the WS.

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He's worn out his welcome once. In the one previous job he had.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

While I agree with your point, even a cursory review of the internet will show reports from Tampa detailing happiness that he had moved on to the Cubs. Players, including Chris Archer, stepped up unafraid to have quotes attached to their names.

Now, obviously they were foolish. Joe Maddon is the best manager in baseball. Despite many, many other teams having such things as dress up days, it is the way he does it that sets him apart. Go Cubs. Go Cats.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I don't understand the bizarre fixation on dress-up and zoo days.

Could someone please explain

The pictures and references to these moves are omnipresent and frequently used as examples of him taking pressure of his young players, brilliantly I might add. Go Cubs. Go Cats.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Please direct the question to The Great Joe Maddon.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Huh? Chris Archer took a shot at Maddon when Maddon decided to leave. Something about loyalty. He then went on to talk about how upset he was that Maddon was leaving.

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I read about Longoria and others talking about how tired all the antics had become.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

No he didn't. He opted OUT of his contract. He wanted to manage in a major market. Maddon is perfect for this team. I can't imagine another manager getting 97 wins out of this team. His ability to coach young players and keep them loose, should not be ignored.

Not one major prospect has been a complete bust under Maddon. He did the same thing with the prospects in Tampa Bay. It is incredible how many succeed under his watch.

It's funny all these former players became all-stars under his watch and now they bash him when he is gone. Ungrateful, spoiled, superstars.

It's to relieve the stress of the 162 game race.

Upcoming by Joe:

Bring a whore to work day!

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

So, this team isn't too good, really just very ordinary and Maddon is making them play better?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Link? If this is common knowledge, I wasn't aware.

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OK, so the regular season started April 5th and ended October 4th...182 days.

In those 182 days we had:
a magician
a hawks jersey day
a pajama day
a zoo day
a rookie dress day

5 days out 182.

I think Bosio also deserves a lot of credit along with bullpen/quality research guy,Mike Borchard.

The Cubs have a lot of guys behind the scenes stirring the soup.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

If only someone could develop an internet search engine:
“Everybody who’s here is looking forward to a new year, just a fresh start and something that’s different,” Longoria added. “Sometimes things are needed and necessary to kind of keep you on track.”
The Rays’ career leader in home runs and RBI stressed that that’s no knock on Maddon, who guided the Rays to four playoffs berths over a six-year span before finishing with Tampa Bay’s first losing record since 2007 last season.
The most successful manager in team history opted out of the final year of his contract before signing with the Chicago Cubs. The Rays hired Kevin Cash, who has no previous managerial experience, to succeed the popular Maddon.
“Obviously, he did so many great things for the franchise, and so many great things for me as a player,” Longoria said. “But I guess all good things come to an end at some point.

Wow that was pretty much scorched earth from Longoria.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Wow, he really killed him.

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Thanks Peeps.

Though I'd still say that's not exactly scathing.

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This is what you get for jumping on the 8675309 train.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I'll walk it back. It's still not bad.

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No, it's not like they said they hated him. In fact, most wished him well. Still, it basically comes off as "that shit was cool the first time, but eventually we just wanted to play ball and he wouldn't stop the nonsense."

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

No it's not.

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"I don't miss (the costumes)," he said. "But those days, I think, were very necessary in terms of us getting from where we were, the pre-Rays era, to where we are now."

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Agreed. That's not really surprising, though. Veterans probably did a lot of eye-rolling. But that's no different than guys not liking Tony LaRussa because he's a dick or not liking Lou Piniella because they couldn't understand what he was saying. Every manager is going to rub some people the wrong way. It just can't negatively impact their play.

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

You are the arbiter.

Go Cubs. Go Cats

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

No one ever questioned they enjoyed it for a while.

I am sure there will be no fatigue of it in Chicago, as there was in Tampa, because the Cubs are awesome and they have waves and waves of new talent that will constantly be replacing the old guys. The fun days will be new to each new wave. Go Cubs. Go Cats

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

What's the problem?

After five years, either Martinez or Ross is taking over anyway.

Yeah I guess that's why they were so happy to see him gone they demanded an investigation.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014