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ZigZagCardsFan wrote:OK. Which one of the regulars opened Pandora's box?

TruffleShuffle wrote:

BW23 wrote:Cubs are always scumbags of the world. That has nothing to do with Maddon.

Well, as long as we're not throwing around ridiculous generalizations or anything...

Vidor wrote:

Hoot45 wrote:I hate him already.

So, I guess you don't have to comb your f*****g hair before you appear at a press conference for the Cubs.

PHOENIX -- Both the Chicago Cubs and the agent for new manager Joe Maddon have been contacted by major league baseball as an investigation into his hiring is underway, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The New York Post reported earlier on Monday that baseball was looking into if the Cubs contacted Maddon before he opted out of his contract with the Tampa Bay Rays late last month. Days later he signed a 5-year deal to manage the Cubs.

Both the agent, Alan Nero, and Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer, had little new to say about the situation at the general manager's meetings in Arizona as both have repeatedly denied the accusation.

"It's embarrassing," Nero said.

Previously, Nero was adamant there was no tampering involved.

"(Cubs President) Theo (Epstein) would not even have talked unless he got clearance from the commissioner's office," Nero said recently. "It's silly to suggest that (tampering), if they want to pursue that, that's fine."

Hoyer added a "no comment" on Monday and stands by what Epstein said last week in denying the notion at Maddon's introductory press conference.

"It's just wholly inaccurate," Epstein said at the time. "There's nothing to it. If we keep seeing stuff in print, then we're going to respond at some point. For now, we'll just take it day-by-day. But there was absolutely no tampering whatsoever."