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Bill Madden: Tony La Russa next up on the hot seat after Joe Maddon fired by Angels

NEW YORK — Tough times last week for two of baseball’s most enduring managers. At 68 years old and 56 games into the final year on his contract, Joe Maddon was fired as manager of the Angels in the midst of a 12-game losing streak. A couple of days later…

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

Cubs send Caleb Kilian back to Iowa for a few tweaks

Kilian retired the first nine batters before the Cardinals broke through on a wild pitch and a two-run double by Brendan Donovan in the fourth inning, so the quick assumption would be that Kilian would need to make a few adjustments.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 6, 2022

Cubs’ Kyle Hendricks is missing his ‘best friends’ from recent years but soldiering on

Hendricks carried around an “emptiness” for a while, and it’s not hard to draw lines from that to his 2021 performance.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 4, 2022