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Cubs Name Joe Maddon Manager

Dan Weisman   |

Oct 31, 2014 07:58 PM EDT

The long-suffering Chicago Cubs changed managers again Friday naming Joe Maddon as the 54 skipper in club history. Theo Epstein, Cubs president of baseball operations, said he hated to dismiss Rick Renteria after only one year, but did so during a narrow window in which Maddon, a two-time American League manager of the year, was available.