Joe Maddon speaks out about analytics, Angels

Joe Maddon is back home in his native Pennsylvania this summer, enjoying gardening, golfing and grilling.

He isn't missing baseball, away from the major leagues for the first time in 47 years, he told the Tampa Bay Times in an interview published Saturday.

Still, he opened up on the state of the game today and his firing by the Los Angeles Angels this summer as the team was mired in a 12-game losing streak.

Maddon, 68,