The Mike Quade Era Begins: What Cubs Fans Can Expect If He’s the Man

First of all, no one is anointing Mike Quade the next manager of your Chicago Cubs. He is an interim manager and there will be plenty of available candidates and many interviews for Cubs GM Jim Hendry to sort through this offseason.

Still, it is reasonable to assume that Quade's assignment is an indication that he is, indeed, one of the candidates for the permanent job going forward.

As Quade himself stated, "It's absolutely an audition."

And, as the Associated Press announced, "Being a fixture on Piniella's staff since 2007 and the manager of the Cubs' triple-A affiliate for the four previous seasons gives Quade an inside trac...

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