Not Only Do Dumbass Fans Hate Joe Maddon, Umpires Do Too

Have some Cubs fans already forgotten about the days of Dusty Baker playing Neifi Pérez for whatever reason, or Lou Piniella kind of just not trying anymore at the end of his time in Chicago, or the previous century of ineptitude? It really seems that way because there is a bigger portion than you'll imagine that hates Joe Maddon. However, this might take the cake. This was nearly 1,400 words on how this Cubs fan believes Joe Maddon is ruining the team and is somehow making this era the least enjoyable during his life.

If you want to torture yourself, or I guess have a laugh, here's the full reddit post. By the way, there's a difference between criticizing Maddon, which is completely fair, and saying he is the worst manager ever, which some fans actually believe. The extremes that some fans go to is appalling. Anyway, this leads to another group of people, who also hate Joe Maddon. Jon Heyman was 670 The Score Tuesday morning and said umpires don't like Maddon.

On Monday, Maddon was ejected in the eighth inning after a few close calls went against Carl Edwards Jr., including the following pitch that would have ended the inning before the Brewers eventually tied the game.

It was called ball four by the umpire and even the pitch tracker had it high, although it was literally belt high, right down the middle, which is in the strike zone.

Anyway, Maddon got tossed and so did Edwards after he was replaced by Steve Cishek. As for umpires not liking Maddon, no one likes them period. And you know what, Gabe Morales actually let both teams argue a lot during Monday's game, so I don't mind him finally saying enough is enough with Maddon, despite, you know, kind of missing that call. And that's the major take away from this. Managers and players will always argue with umpires about the strike zone and that's because it's never consistent. It really does feel as though umps are guessing on some pitches. That will always happen when you have people trying to call strikes and balls on pitches going 100 mph and pitches breaking with ridiculous spin rates. So, umpires don't like Joe Maddon. Join the club of dumb.