SURPRISE, Ariz. – Joe Maddon manages his team with an anti-rules philosophy that allows Cubs players to be themselves. No dress code. Grow your beard and your hair as long as you want. Just show up on time and play hard.
So you could predict how Maddon would react to Chicago’s push to ban smokeless tobacco at the city’s stadiums.
“I’m into personal freedoms,” Maddon said Wednesday at Surprise Stadium. “I don’t quite understand the point with all that. Just eradicate tobacco, period, if you’re going to go that route. I’m not into over-legislating the human race.