Mike Quade Unfazed by 'Enormity' of Cubs' Championship Challenge

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MESA, Ariz. -- Mike Quade is trying his hardest not to see the obvious. Now that he is immersed in the detail of things like making sure players don't slam into each other catching popups, which was on the agenda Wednesday, he can let all that other stuff go.

You know, the fact that he's now running one of the iconic teams in American sports, with a championship drought at 102 years and counting.

Quade, who grew up in the Chicago area and has worked in the Cubs system since 2003, knew about all of that before the club named him manager in November, following a successful six-week audition at the end of last season.

But the 53-year-old, four-times-fired baseball lifer knows that thinking about the "enormity" -- his word -- of the task is exactly the wrong way to do it.

 

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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2011/02/23/mike-quade-unfazed-by-enormity-of-cubs-championship-challenge/

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