Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago …
(CBS) Manny Acta. Rick Renteria. A.J. Hinch.
A.J. Hinch?
If the names of the rumored candidates for the Chicago Cubs’ managerial opening don’t excite you now that the glamour pick, Yankees skipper Joe Girardi, has opted to stay in NYC, well, you’re hardly alone.
But are you really surprised?
Because, right now, the Cubs gig is far from a plum job desired by the managerial masses. In fact, so unable was the organization to offer Girardi a truly compelling reason to move back to Chicago that he never even actually spoke to the Cubs about the job. Girardi could see everything that the position was made of from his home in New York. Without a telescope.
With Girardi’s unsurprising snub in mind, my concern is that by firing Dale Sveum a year before his contract ended, Theo Epstein & Co. have really stepped in it. I have my doubts that they’re going to be able to hire the “right guy” this time around, either.
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