<div id="subtitle">Rays manager Joe Maddon looks to keep his team loose by changing hair color</div><div><p>Joe Maddon is in favor of the change at the top of Tampa Bay's on-field leadership.</p><p>The Rays manager came to the ballpark for Tuesday night's game against Baltimore with his silver hair dyed black, a head start on a Johnny Cash-themed road trip next week.</p><p>"I thought, why not in advance?" Maddon said. "Lighten things up a bit. It's part of the grand scheme."</p><p>Tampa Bay uses various themes for longer trips in an attempt to keep the team loose.</p><p>"I didn't know it was him," Tampa Bay designated hitter Pat Burrell joked.</p><p>The Rays started Tuesday four games behind AL wild-card leader Texas.</p><p>The last time Maddon dyed his hair was in 2002, when he was a bench coach for the World Series Los Angeles Angels.</p><p>"It was time to do something different," Maddon said. "It's here to stay."</p><p>Maddon is not the first Rays manager to dye his hair. Lou Piniella, now with Chicago Cubs, added hints of blond to his hair six years ago to fulfill a pledge after Tampa Bay won three games in a row.</p><p>Tampa Bay, which ended the 2003 season with 99 losses, went 33-44 after Piniella's dye job, including an 11-3 loss to the Chicago White just hours after Piniella's hair was dyed on July 6.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=56971387&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>

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