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Angry, Pinwheeling Joe Maddon Gets Tossed From Cubs-Pirates GameA steady stream of high and inside pitches from Pirates starter Jordan Lyles set off Cubs manager Joe Maddon yesterday, causing him to hop out of his dugout, to angrily shout at the Pirates’ dugout, and to even uncork a nifty little spin move in his efforts to break free of the umpire’s grip. Maddon...

Davey Martinez's Meltdown Saved Him From Watching Yet Another Nationals Bullpen DisasterThe Nationals, sitting at 19–31 on the season and having won just one series since mid-April, very much have the look of a pile of crap. It’s not clear that the organization has accepted this as anything other than a phase, but the time is fast approaching when denial will no longer be possible. Unl...

Aaron Boone Tops Ron Gardenhire In Battle Of Colorful Manager MeltdownsJordan Zimmermann was working on a no-hitter in the bottom of the fifth inning Friday night when home plate umpire Nic Lentz gave him a strike against Gleyber Torres on a fastball that sure looked like it missed off the inside of the plate. Yankees manager Aaron Boone, who was apparently already dis...

Jose Mourinho Storms Out Of Press Conference, Appears To Be Losing It

Tottenham crushed Manchester United with a comprehensive 3-0 victory at Old Trafford this afternoon, handing the Red Devils their second loss out of the first three Premier League games. United manager Jose Mourinho—who’s coming off a tumultuous offseason and has a tendency to see his clubs implode ...

Angry Indy-League Manager Takes Third Base, Gives It To A Kid

On Monday, a game between the Chicago Dogs and the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball produced an historically great baseball tantrum when RedHawks player Brennan Metzger told an umpire to go live in a trash can. On Tuesday, Dogs manager Butch Ho...

Joe Maddon Shamelessly Reams Out Umpire Without Getting Tossed

There’s no lip reading required to figure out why Cubs manager Joe Maddon was pissed off in Sunday’s 7-4 win over the Padres. Home plate umpire Ryan Blakney’s strike zone was indecipherable all day—both teams complained about it—so in the eighth inning, Maddon had had enough....

17 Years Ago Today, Lloyd McClendon Stole First Base

True manager meltdowns feel like a thing of the past. Oh, sure, once in a while someone’s ass ends up in the jackpot, but those are few and far between these days. So let’s treasure the ones we get, and never forget the greats. Like then–Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon getting so upset over a close ...

Algerian National Team Coach Screams At Reporter, Tells Him To Retire

The Algerian national team played a friendly against the Central African Republic this week. The 3-0 win for Algeria suggests a rather boring affair, but there was plenty of action after the game....