The Cubs didn’t go far to find their new manager. He had been here the entire time.
The Cubs interviewed five candidates for the job, but it always seemed former World Series hero David Ross was always their top candidate.
News broke of Ross’ hiring Wednesday, but the Cubs waited until the first World Series off day on Thursday to officially name him as their manager.
Ross, 42, who has been an ESPN analyst and special assistant with the Cubs since retiring after the 2016 World Series, will be the team’s youngest manager since Jim Riggleman was hired a couple of weeks before his 42nd birthday in 1994.