This may surprise you: Bill Walsh was only a head coach for 10 seasons, all in San Francisco. And in that time, Walsh won three Super Bowls. But just as impressive is Walsh’s coaching tree. Six of Walsh’s assistant coaches went on to be head coaches in either the NFL [...]
While looking for something else, we came across an ESPN.com story we had somehow missed back in August (we feel like we have let you down). In this piece by Arash Markazi, Maddon is asked what he misses most about Southern California… “Outside of seeing my wife?” he said, raising [...]
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DEVIL RAYS WEBTOPIA… Troy Percival will throw from a mound on Monday and said he could pitch now but will throw a couple of bullpen sessions until the team deems him ready. [St. Pete Times] Joe Maddon’s managerial style is certainly unique. John Romano says Maddon has “ignored the safer, [...]
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With the Rays in thick of their first playoff chase, we haven’t spent a lot of time contemplating whether Joe Maddon deserves the AL Manager of the Year award. But is going from worst to first and beating the two teams in the AL East that have won 6 of [...]
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Tampa Bay Rays (20 days until Opening Day) Yesterday: Indians 12, Tampa Bay Rays 10. Jason Hammel did not help himself in an effort to make the Rays roster giving up 9 runs in 3+ innings. At one point after giving up 2 runs in the first inning Hammel retired [...]
