OK, so maybe Joe Espada isn’t the next Joe McCarthy, who won seven World Series as a big-league manager, tied for the most in history.
He’ll probably never catch Joe Torre, who won the Fall Classic four times as a manager, either.
If Espada does get his managerial shot — with the Cubs or any other team — he’ll have a long way to go before he even begins to compare with another Joe, the one with thick, black-rimmed glasses, a love of RVs and street cred for life around Wrigley Field.
Joe Maddon, who will be formally introduced as the Angels’ new manager on Thursday, is still kind of a big deal.