‘Eat last,’ finish first
Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon, left, and Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman hold a press conference beside Maddon's motor home at Charlotte Sports Park Friday to begin Spring Training.
Photo by Tom O'Neill
Tampa Bay Rays Manager Joe Maddon addresses the media at a press conference at Charlotte Sports Park Friday to begin Spring Training.
Photo by Tom O'Neill
PORT CHARLOTTE — During the offseason, Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria told Joe Maddon about a book he was reading called “Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don’t.”
It didn’t take the eighth-year manager long to start reading it.