sports.yahoo.com - 4/7/2009
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Using a never-before-tried mix of modern philosophy and new math, Joe Maddon led the Rays to the highest ground the franchise had ever reached after a decade stuck in the mud. Few saw any of it coming — the early season rise in the AL East, the repeated victories in the last at-bat, ...
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[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Sabathia’s Pounding, Assumptionism And Bad Weather
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... David Brown of Big League Stew interviewed Joe Maddon. In the interview Maddon talks about being Mark Twain for a day, what could get him to ride his bike coast-to-coast, eradicating assumptionism and wearing contacts. [Big League Stew] ...
Joe Maddon, Iconic Figure
Bugs & Cranks —
... I’m sure that leaves you hungry for more Maddon, so let me direct you to Joe Maddon’s latest appearance on David Brown’s awesome Answer Man series on Big League Stew. When asked to name which person living or dead he would switch places with if he could, guess which 19th-century literary icon Maddon drops? (Hint: not Melville.) ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 4/9/2009
These are two links I have found recently having to do with the Rays that I enjoy. Even if you're not a Rays fan, but like baseball, you'll at least find them worth reading. The first is from MLB.com which has to do with the Rays tradition of ...
