"When Dale Sveum was hired as Mike Quade's replacement to manage the Cubs, he said the Cubs would be held to a higher standard. He suggested Quade's Cubs were lackadaisical at times.

"When you lose that many games, there are obviously problems,'' Sveum said. "Losing isn't OK. Not running a ball out isn't OK. It's unacceptable, and that has to be communicated.''

Quade, who is fishing on a daily basis in Florida while waiting for a major-league job opportunity to surface, didn't like hearing that."