<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><a target=_blank href="/update/REPORT-Joe-Maddon-No-1-choice-to-become-Angels-new-manager-27715"><img id="story-photo" src="https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c/stories/19/baseball/maddon_john_hefti.jpg"></a><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href="/update/REPORT-Joe-Maddon-No-1-choice-to-become-Angels-new-manager-27715" class=newstitle><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">REPORT: Joe Maddon 'No. 1 choice' to become Angels' new manager</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>ANAHEIM, Calif. — Once the Los Angeles Angels fired Brad Ausmus just one year into his managing tenure with the club, it was made fairly clear that the manageri</font> <a target=_blank href="/update/REPORT-Joe-Maddon-No-1-choice-to-become-Angels-new-manager-27715"><font class=fullstory><b>Read Update »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>