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Joe Maddon defends ‘cyborg’ Jake Arrieta after HBP, pokes fun at Pirate
- Updated: May 15, 2016
4:21 PM ET
CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs continue to maintain that Jake Arrieta hitting Jung Ho Kang of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a pitch on Saturday was purely accidental — and any implication otherwise is absurd.
Before the finale of the three-game series between the teams on Sunday, Cubs manager Joe Maddon addressed the comments made by Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke that “anytime somebody like Arrieta hits somebody, you’ve got to assume automatically that one didn’t just get away.”
Joe Maddon says even a “cyborg” like Jake Arrieta occasionally loses control of his command. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
“I think Jake walked Locke on four consecutive pitches,” Maddon said. “I really don’t think that Jake was …
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