Joe Maddon Compares Javier Baez To The Beatles, Javier Baez Has No Clue Who They Are

Javier Baez was born on Dec. 1, 1992, in Puerto Rico and didn’t move to Florida until 2005. So you know what, no it shouldn’t be surprising that he doesn’t know who The Beatles are after Joe Maddon compared him to one of them.

So, last night after Baez dazzled on the field, had a home run robbed despite instant replay and scored the game-winning run in the 10th inning on a stolen base attempt, Cubs manager Joe Maddon compared him to one of The Beatles. Maddon couldn’t pinpoint exactly which one.

Maybe George Harrison.

Maddon: "If he grew his hair he'd look more like George I think."

— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) July 14, 2018

It turns out that Maddon made the original comparison a few days ago, when the Cubs were playing in San Francisco, but when Baez was asked about it he had no clue who they were.

And it’s not like Baez was saying he doesn’t know who The Beatles are because he thought it was a bad thing. It was the exact opposite.

Maddon compared Javy to one of the Beatles the other day in SF so I asked him tonight which one…it didn't matter cause Javy doesn't know who the Beatles are but was happy it was a favorable comparison: "That means I'm doing something good."

— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) July 14, 2018

Joe compared Javy to the Beatles tonight — couldn't decide which one.

"Who," Baez said?

The Beatles.

"Maybe if I see them. I'm terrible at names."

Told that's Maddon's latest comp, Baez said:

"That means I'm doing something good."

But you don't know who they are.

"No."

— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) July 14, 2018

Here’s a short clip of Baez being asked if he knows who The Beatles are.

Anyway, I’m not going to sit here and pretend to know everything about The Beatles, but I thought this comparison was pretty good.

Javy is John. When he's on he's ON and will do things nobody thought imaginable. KB is Paul, consistent, pretty and taken for granted always being awesone.

— Mikey P. Gasmonster (@BarkingFarts) July 14, 2018

Anyway, give me Baez over The Beatles right now.