Seriously!!! The Rays compete every year with no payroll, a horrible stadium and no fans. They are in the same division with two of the wealthier teams in baseball. Madden might make some mistakes but if he were fired tomorrow he would get calls from about 20 teams asking him to manage their team.
Guy is terrific for any clubs minor league system, but as a manager he makes decisions as if he were playing APBA or STRAT-O-MATIC, which will never work in the real world, ESPECIALLY when it comes to playoff baseball.
He's horrible, always has been...........Rays wasting their time with him like NFL teams waste time with the Vicks and Newton's of the world at QB.I actually agree with Fishhead, Madden over-managed and got out-managed by Farrell. Madden is good for a 162 game season, not so sure hes all that good for short series.