Timonium MD
10-06-2023 4:18am

FROM 100 LOSSES

With 'right ingredients,' Hyde turns O's from 100-loss to 100-win team

Jake Rill, MLB

      BALTIMORE -- “Should I take the job?”

      In need of guidance in mid-December 2018, Brandon Hyde sought advice. He was offered the position of Orioles manager, meaning he could get his first opportunity to lead a big league club. But Baltimore was in the infant stages of a rebuild that would likely require quite a bit of time and commitment.

      There was no guarantee the Orioles were necessarily even on the right track to future success.

      So Hyde, the Cubs’ bench coach at the time, turned to his manager/mentor Joe Maddon, who offered no hesitation in his response.

      “Of course, you should take the job, and know that you’re going to get your ass kicked. It’s going to happen,” Maddon said, recently recalling the conversation. “But you must FINISH READING HERE

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