Former Cubs manager Lou Piniella says that Mike Quade earned the job as Chicago's skipper after a stretch as their interim manager. "Mike's a good baseball man. He's been in baseball for a long, long time," Piniella said. "He got that opportunity when I left there and I tell you what, the club responded to him and they played exceedingly well. And I know it was a very tough decision for everybody in the organization choosing between Mike and other viable candidates, but you know, he deserved it. "I hope that Mike does an outstanding job over there and that he's the manager for a long, long time."