In-flight entertainment: Relievers call on Maddon

LOS ANGELES — Joe Maddon was napping on the Cubs’ charter flight from Chicago to Los Angeles when Aroldis Chapman tapped him on the shoulder. The closer wanted the manager to join the relievers in the back of the plane.

“My wife, Jaye, was sitting next to me,” Maddon said Monday. “I’d had enough wine to go to sleep, and Aroldis comes up and pokes me on the shoulder and said, ‘We want you in the back,’ which is a compliment and an honor.

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“So I go back there, and when I’ve had too much wine to drink, my Spanish gets a little bit better, because you lose that trepidation about saying the right or wrong thing. I went back there and we had a great time. All of them were sitting there and it was a lot of fun. That’s the second time Chappy’s come and got me to walk in the back. And I’m honored. I’m totally honored when the boys call me back there.”

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