Whether it’s sharing wine with his players, talking life during ballgames with Kyle Hendricks, or sitting in his classic car with Mike Montgomery in a parking lot, Joe Maddon has a unique way of connecting with people in an authentic manner. That’s what made the Cubs manager so desirable to the Cubs front office in 2015. And that might be why Yu Darvish was able to settle down and strike out eight Brewers during Friday’s game.
“[Maddon] really takes care of me,” Darvish told Sahadev Sharma of The Athletic.(you can subscribe here for full access.