Cubs general manager Jim Hendry says there is no front-runner as the team searches for a manager to replace Lou Piniella. Hendry said that his recent talks with Triple-A Iowa manager Ryne Sandberg did not constitute a formal interview. "Ryno needs to finish the season," Hendry said. "We're not in any rush to complete the interview process." Hendry was not interested in talking about who the favorites are for the job. A media report on Tuesday said former Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez was the leading candidate. "You're going to read different speculation every day," Hendry said. "You'll hear about who the front-runners are and who was eliminated and who's not in it. It's all basically conjecture, because I haven't talked to anybody about any of it [as far as who is the leading candidates]. "As I said before, there's no leading candidate. There hasn't been, and there won't be until I take the final evaluation to [owner] Tom [Ricketts] and his family."