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Everything's Coming Up Joe MaddonJudging a baseball manager’s long-term, direct impact on his team is one of the hardest things to do with any true accuracy. There are of course the ostentatiously bad decisions—bringing a young starter out of the bullpen on three days rest, having the three-hole hitter sacrifice bunt, etc.—that are...

Joe Maddon Used Some Advanced TacticsThe Cubs needed 15 innings to beat the Reds last night, finally putting them to sleep with a Javier Baez grand slam. But before that, Cubs manager Joe Maddon, everybody’s favorite crafty old baseball man, did some fun things with his lineup....

Jim Harbaugh Doesn't Fuck Around At Laser TagJim Harbaugh, who might become the next head coach at Michigan and get very rich along the way, is not a man who takes laser tag lightly. We know this thanks to a new column about Harbaugh on MLive, which contains this anecdote:...