<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width=5> </td><td align=center><img id="story-photo" width="478" src=https://2cic.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/c/stories/16/baseball/ross_manager.jpg><br><font size=2></font></td></tr></table><table width="100%" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td><a target=_blank href=/story/Cubs-News-and-Notes-Cubs-manager-talk-Leadoff-hitter-Qs-future-Hot-Stove-more-15971 class="newstitle"><font style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helv, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; color: #D12325; text-decoration: none">Cubs News and Notes: Cubs' manager talk, Leadoff hitter, Q's future, Hot Stove, more</font></a><br><br><font class=newsbody>There seems to be some sort of unofficial consensus that David Ross is too soft to manage the Cubs. I sort of laugh at the notion that Ross is “an extension of Joe Maddon,” but then again, people are entitled to opinions.</font> <a target=_blank href=/story/Cubs-News-and-Notes-Cubs-manager-talk-Leadoff-hitter-Qs-future-Hot-Stove-more-15971><font class=fullstory><b>Full Story »</b></font></a></td></tr></table>