CHICAGO -- Cubs manager Joe Maddon said he was surprised by Pirates manager Clint Hurdle's criticism of Javier Baez's play, and he complimented his second baseman for how he responded to it.
Hurdle said he didn't like it when Baez flipped his bat after popping up in the seventh inning on Wednesday, saying, "Where's the respect for the game?"
One of the Cubs' players talked to Baez about the bat flip, and after the game, he said he had learned from the experience.
"I was surprised by it," Maddon said Friday about Hurdle's comments.