A three-month hiatus from baseball? Managing a team under strict health and safety protocols? Setting a lineup amid regular COVID-19 testing?
“There weren’t any questions about this in the interview process,” Cubs manager David Ross jokes with president of baseball operations Theo Epstein and general manager Jed Hoyer.
The Cubs hired Ross eight months ago. The interview process is even further in the past. And still, the former Cubs catcher has yet to manage a big-league game. If all goes to plan – and little has in 2020 – Ross will check off that milestone in less than a month.