Mark Gonzales: Joe Maddon's future continues to twist as Cubs try to recover from slow start
CHICAGO - The Chicago baseball executive accepted blame for the construction of a fifth-place team whose bullpen performed poorly, a few years removed from a World Series title.
What was his solution? To give his manager a four-year contract extension (with a team option) and a vow to give him better players.
"The problems that we are having right now ... are (not) with our coaching staff or with our manager," the
