When this reporter recently asked Cubs manager Joe Maddon to give a historical comparison to Javier Baez’s swing, he expected Maddon to wax on about the time he saw a young Gary Sheffield play for the Stockton Ports in 1987 or fondly recall some forgotten Visalia Oak.
But Maddon switched it up and picked a different kind of swing.
“Um, it’s hard to … obviously there’s days or maybe a week or 10 days where he shortens up and utilizes the entire field,” Maddon said before a game last week. “But other times, he’s pretty much John Daly, you know.