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Joe Maddon tossed, likens home plate collision rule to Chicago's 'soda tax'
Cubs manager Joe Maddon was ejected from Saturday's NLCS Game 1 for arguing after an overturned call at the plate went against his team. Afterward, Maddon lamented how the home plate collision rule "gets interpreted tantamount to the soda tax in Chicago."
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