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Firing of Cubs manager David Ross shows even ‘legend’ wasn’t safe

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In the end, the past statements of support from the Cubs’ front office couldn’t save David Ross, who was fired as manager Monday.

This one was a shocker.

While most of us had our football/basketball/hockey hats on, the Cubs did the nasty Monday and fired manager David Ross.

A day after three of their players — Nico Hoerner, Dansby Swanson and Ian Happ — were declared Gold Glove winners and the Cubs picked up veteran pitcher Kyle Hendricks’ option for next season, they announced Ross was done after four seasons at the helm.