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Cubs manager David Ross sees outside scrutiny as part of the job

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Chicago Cubs’ Patrick Wisdom, right, speaks with manager David Ross, left, after being hit by a pitch in the fifth inning of a baseball game in Cincinnati, Monday, April 3, 2023.

CINCINNATI – Manager David Ross’ in-game decisions will be under a microscope like they haven’t been in his first three years in this seat. But he said he sees expectations as a good thing.

“Maybe no one else had expectations [before],” Ross said Tuesday, “but I don’t ever step foot out here with this group of guys, or the group last year or the year before, without an expectation to win on a nightly basis.