Maddon, Pena meet after game

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TORONTO—Joe Maddon called Carlos Pena into his office following tonight’s game, apparently attempting to get his slugger refocused on the positive after another rough night at the plate. Pena struck out in three of his four at-bats tonight, giving him 10 strikeouts in his last 12 trips to the… [link]

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Jays 6, RAYS 2: Market correction
Published 5/8/2008 by Scott Caruso at Rays of Light
... had a post-game chat with Joe Maddon .  At this point it’s got to be mental, because he’s swinging and missing at pitches that I might be able to put in play. I’m still not entirely opposed to dropping him in the order temporarily, but he seems liek a sensitive guy and it might not be in the best interests of his long-term emotional health to drop him now when he’s struggling so bad. Safe? Bad play or not, am I the only one who thought ...

[THE HANGOVER] The Baseball Gods Had Already Spoken...And They Said 'Lose'
Published 5/8/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Professor) at Rays Index
... Joe Maddon and Carlos Pena had a closed-door meeting that lasted for 20 minutes following last night's game. During the meeting, which was heated at times, Maddon threatened to bench the slugger if he didn't pull his head out of his ass...Oh, who are we kidding. This is Papa Joe we are talking about. They hugged it out and Papa Joe sang El Gato sweet nothings, and told him some tales of lollipops and daffodils. [Rays Report] ...

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