An opposing player said the guys in the Cubs clubhouse talk about Joe Maddon as if he’s a god.
“It’s kind of crazy,” reliever James Russell said. “You get the feeling that he’s like leaking into your soul, almost, as he’s talking to you.”
What if Maddon managed on the South Side?
It’s a question worth asking this weekend with the Cubs on pace for 89 victories and Robin Ventura under fire as the last-place White Sox come to Wrigley Field for three games before the All-Star break. Even if the noise around Ventura is coming from the outside – Twitter, talk radio, newspapers – and not his actual bosses.