As the world waits for the latest on Joe Maddon (well, okay, not the world, per se), here's the latest from around the web:
From Comcast SportsNet:
- Day 3 of Maddon Watch has brought no white smoke from the Cubs' Clark Street headquarters.
- C.J. Edwards was named to the Arizona Fall League All-Star Team.
From Cubs.com:
- Jim Callis gives an overview of the Cubs' performance in the Arizona Fall League.
From CBS Chicago:
- Not much new information here, but Bruce Levine gives his input on the Joe Maddon situation.
From the Chicago Tribune via RedEye Chicago:
- Cubs' quality assurance coach Jose Castro is heading to the Atlanta Braves to become their assistant hitting coach.
- Paul Sullivan also weighs in on the Maddon Watch. Again, not much new here.
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
- Now this would be interesting to see: Ozzie Guillen would love to coach for Joe Maddon.
- Source-gate: A source suggested that Theo Epstein traveled to Florida this weekend to meet with Maddon. I wonder if anyone saw a person in a gorilla outfit at O'Hare or Midway this weekend...
- Another potential side-effect of the Maddon situation: If he were to come to the Cubs, would that affect the decision of James Shields?
- Former Cub manager Dale Sveum wants to manage again, but Gordon Wittenmyer says it's not his style to promote himself.
From the Daily Herald:
- Bruce Miles writes that to be fair to Rick Renteria, the Cubs owe him a quick answer.
From Cubs Den:
- John Arguello continues his look at possible offseason Cubs acquisitions with names including Ben Zobrist, Mark Buehrle, and Nick Markakis.
- Yet another potential side-effect of the Maddon situation: If he were to come to the Cubs, would it convince some free agents to sign with the Cubs who might have thought about signing elsewhere?
From Chicago Cubs Online:
- CCO continues their position analysis with a look at third base.
From Chicago Cubs 101:
- Tim Duxbury gives his bold prediction of the week (or maybe not so bold this time): The Cubs will have a top-five bullpen in 2015.
Today's food for thought:
- For the first time ever, astronomers have observed an expanding thermonuclear fireball from an exploding white dwarf.
- Sign language apparently has accents.