Some natives of Hazleton, Pa., are restless.
According to The Times Leader newspaper in Wilkes Barre, Pa., a few residents of Cubs manager Joe Maddon's hometown have expressed displeasure about some remarks Maddon made about the growing Hispanic population during a recently aired interview with NBC News correspondent Harry Smith on "Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly."
"They're going to save our town," Maddon said during the interview.
"You have two options right here: Either you get on board and help us as we're moving this thing along or you're going to die.
"And when you die and go away, you're going to get out of the way. You're not going to be a part of the problem anymore. So it's either help or die."
An editorial published Monday on the paper's website called for an apology from Maddon. One resident in the article said Maddon was "full of himself" and another said, "That was terrible. I hate him. I hope he doesn't win one game."
Maddon long has crusaded to help his hometown, mainly through the work of his Hazleton Integration Project, described on its website as "a community-based effort that seeks to unite the people of many different cultures who now call Hazleton home."
"He needs to apologize for insulting the hardworking, fair-minded people of Hazleton _ they are many in number, contrary to what the national reports seem to imply," the editorial concluded.
"And we want to hear an apology straight from Maddon, not through a spokesperson or family member. If he has the time to talk to NBC and other outlets, surely he can interrupt the baseball season for a mea culpa to his hometown.
"We're waiting, Joe."
