Outside the Confines: Losing his halo

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So Joe Maddon was fired as manager of the Angels after a 12-game losing streak (that’s now 13 games). We’ve already covered that story here.

Sam Blum sums up everything we know about the decision to fire Maddon. (The Athletic sub. req.)

Dylan Hernández reports that this decision to fire Maddon was general manager Perry Minasian and that he better have made the right call.

Ken Rosenthal got an interview with the now ex-Angels, Cubs and Rays manager. (The Athletic sub. req.) Maddon says he still wants to manage.

Several writers for The Athletic offer their takes on Maddon’s firing and the dysfunction in…