
For Cubs, David Ross a bridge between past and future
The Chicago Cubs' hiring of David Ross to be their next manager comes down to one thing: Trust. As the team looks to begin anew after missing the playoffs for the first time in five years, the front office is trusting Ross to manage friends and to move past the historic 2016 World Series title run-- in which he and others on the current team participated. When the search officially began, Cubs president Theo Epstein had a fine line to walk when discussing the idea of looking to the future with the possibility of hiring a player from the recent past. Some will point out the other candidates up for the job -- especially Astros bench coach Joe Espada -- wouldn't need to separate themselves in that manner, because they…