Paul Sullivan: Joe Maddon's future takes center stage as Cubs enter final weeks of season
by Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune
Sep 04, 2019
3 minutes
CHICAGO - After the Cubs beat the Mets, 10-7, last week at Citi Field, reporters crammed into the small office reserved for the visiting manager.
Sitting on a couch in the back of the room, as he often does after games, was Cubs President Theo Epstein.
Manager Joe Maddon was giddy about the win, despite watching Kyle Hendricks and the Cubs bullpen inexplicably turn an early nine-run lead into a nail-biter.
"We were awesome the first three innings," Maddon said with a grin.
The media crew laughed, then left after a
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