Black is the new silver for Maddon

Do not be concerned for your sanity if you tune in to tonight's Rays v Orioles game, Joe Maddon actually does have black hair.
In fact the Rays manager's wife, Jaye, dyed his familiar silver-gray hair jet black ahead of the team's next theme road swing, the "Ring of Fire" trip to Toronto and Detroit next week in which all members of the traveling party will be encouraged to wear all black on travel days in honor of Johnny Cash.
"I was going to wait until Sunday night to do it," Maddon said, "but I thought, why not, in advance, just to get it up there and loosen things up a bit?"
"I didn't recognize him – twice," said shortstop Jason Bartlett after finally recognising Maddon Tuesday. "After I saw him, and then I saw him again in the food room and I did a double [take] – I didn't know who it was. I heard his wife likes it, so that's all that counts."
Designated hitter Pat Burrell admitted he thought the look made Maddon look 10 years younger, and his math was about right. Though Maddon said he started going gray in his 20s, his hair didn't go "full-blown silver" until 1998 or 1999.
"The last time I dyed my hair was 2002," Maddon said. "Angels went to the World Series."
Whether or not is helps the Rays over the line this season remains to be seen, but at least the manager will look stylish trying.

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