Today was Joe Maddon’s official introduction to the Chicago Cubs, his first press conference as the team’s manager. For most, this is an opportunity to make a good first impression by being completely professional and deadly serious. Not if you’re Joe Maddon, though.
Joe Maddon has introductory Cubs press conference in sports bar, drinks beer, buys crowd a round
You could say being the Cubs’ manager is driving Joe Maddon to drink, or you could say he’s just embracing the boozy Wrigley Field experience.
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports
1. Joe Maddon held his press conference at The Cubby Bear.
If you’re a Cubs fan, you know the Cubby Bear. If you’re not: Wrigley Field’s entrance is at the northeast corner of Addison and Clark. The Cubby Bear is the bar at the southwest corner of Addison and Clark. In a neighborhood filled with drinking spots, it’s the one most associated with the Cubs. Many found this funny:
Love the #Cubs holding the Joe Maddon news conference at the Cubby Bear. May have an Old Style or two there back in the day
— Mike Peasley (@PeasESPN) November 3, 2014 At the Cubby Bear for Maddon presser. It smells like stale beer and money, Eau de Loukas.
— jon greenberg (@jon_greenberg) November 3, 2014 Joe Maddon should really have a beer in front of him since he's at The Cubby Bear right now.
— Brendan Stiles (@thebstiles) November 3, 2014 Epstein: You know it's going to be a good day when it's 2 in the afternoon and you're already at the Cubby Bear.
— Ben Strauss (@benjstrauss) November 3, 2014 To be fair, there was a good reason for the locale: Wrigley Field is undergoing renovations, so they couldn't hold it there. But still.
2. Joe Maddon drank a beer during the press conference
Joe Maddon, with a Guinness. pic.twitter.com/jdC8lRzFLT
— Ben Strauss (@benjstrauss) November 3, 2014 3. Joe Maddon offered to buy everybody a beer and a shot
First he offered to buy a round, but then he made it specific that he wanted to buy everybody “a shot and a beer,” saying it was “the Hazleton way,” referencing the small Pennsylvania town from which he hails.
No word on whether anybody took him up on the offer.
4. Joe Maddon dressed like a cool messy dad
See More:
