Before last night’s game against the San Francisco Giants, a brief ceremony was held to commemorate Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s 1,000th career win. Maddon reached the 1,000 win mark a week ago during a 9-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds and hilariously showed up to his post game press conference with a very large glass of wine which he referred to as “big smooth.”
After the pre-game ceremony last night, it appears Maddon won’t run out of wine anytime soon.
Maddon was presented with a ridiculousy large bottle of what appears to be wine or champagne. Since I’m not really a fan of either beverage, I’ll just say it’s wine ok? The bottle was presented by a representative from Binny’s Beverage Depot which Maddon happens to be a spokesman for as well.
Maddon, a noted connoisseur of wine, uses wine instead of money when he is collecting fines from players for minor infractions throughout the course of the season. He also uses wine to celebrate his players when they reach certain milestones or just make great plays in the field (He gave Addison Russell a bottle last August for making a sparkling defensive play.)
The bottles he gives (and receives) pale in comparison to the bottle he got last night.
In addition to this stupid big bottle of wine, Maddon was also presented with a pretty sweet watch from a company called Original Grain.
The inscription on the front of the box reads,
“Presented to Joe Maddon/1,000th win as manager/Wrigley Field – May 16, 2017/Cubs 9 Reds 5”
I know I’m not the only one who is wondering just how long it will take Maddon to drink that entire bottle. I’d like to see him roll that bad boy into the Cubs infamous “party room” where the team congregates after each win to celebrate. I’d bet a good amount of money that the bottle probably weighs more than CJ Edwards so let’s try and keep it away from him to avoid any injuries moving forward.
Congrats on 1,000 wins, Joe.
