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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer arrived at his hotel suite in Scottsdale late Monday from Florida, after a long day. The the news he delivered to manager David Ross that morning had to be conveyed in person – after all they’d been through together, Hoyer wouldn’t have been comfortable doing it any other way – hence the trip to Tallahassee before the general managers meetings.
“It just felt like an exceptionally hard decision, but one that I felt like I had to make if the opportunity was there,” Hoyer Tuesday said of firing Ross to hire Craig Counsell as manager.