Former Cubs skipper Mike Quade has some advice for new Sox manager Robin Ventura

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Mike Quade, fired with a year left on his contract after his first full year on the job with the Cubs in 2011, has some words of advice for Robin Ventura, who walks into a similar situation as a rookie manager in Chicago in 2012. It’s the same thing Lou Piniella told him when he replaced Piniella.

“When Lou left, he came into the office, and said, ‘The media, Mike.” Chicago isn’t known as a cut-throat media town, but its media muscle comes in numbers.

...“It’s a grind and it consumes you,’’ Quade said. “ As prepared as I was, it still surprised me how much time [the job] consumed, not just time with people but stuff you mull over — whether it’s criticism or obligations with this beat writer or that beat writer or TV station, charity events … it’s on your mind a lot.”

...Ventura is smart enough and baseball savvy enough to know when to hit-and-run, but there will learning on the job.

“They say baseball is a slow game,’’ Quade said. “It sure doesn’t seem that way when you’re in the dugout. You think you have it figured out, but things come up quick. But he knows the game cold. That said, his bench coach becomes huge, and his staff in general.’’