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DEC 09, 2014 9:53p ET

DEC 09, 2014 9:53p ET

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SAN DIEGO (AP) Cubs manager Joe Maddon has one more reason to hope Chicago lands top free agent Jon Lester: The pitcher hunts.

Lester is being sought by several teams, and the pursuit has ramped up this week at the winter meetings. The Cubs were thought to be a front runner along with the Boston Red Sox.

Maddon has great respect for the lefty, who won two World Series championships with the Red Sox, and he learned of Lester's hobby during a recent telephone call.

As manager of Tampa Bay from 2006-14, the quirky Maddon, who doesn't hunt, sent some of his players on hunting trips.

''A couple of years ago, Wade Davis shot a black bear in Toronto prior to the playoffs,'' Maddon said Tuesday. ''I thought that was outstanding. That gave me even more confidence putting him in a game, like in the seventh or eighth inning, facing a normal right-handed hitter.

''He shot a black bear, 300-pound black bear,'' Maddon said. ''I like when the guys do things like that.''

Now, if the Cubs can only get their ace.

''I hope we win it,'' Maddon said. ''It would be a great boon to us.''

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