Gonzalez Wants No Part of It

Fredi Gonzalez, who had enough sense to bench Hanley Ramirez for a couple of games for slacking off... and then paid for it with his job as manager of the Marlins, has no desire to follow in the footsteps of Bob Brenly, Bobby Valentine and Ryne "Bob" Sandberg.  When asked to interview for the job, Gonzalez told Cubs GM Jim Hendry:

Gonzalez joins current Cardinal manager Tony LaRussa, who was "repulsed" when asked about the idea of managing the Cubs next season, on the list of people who openly don't want any part of Wrigleyville.

Apparently former Indians manager Eric Wedge has already applied for the job, and he certainly has to like his chances knowing that the list of candidates is actually growing after he interviewed.

Other possible candidates for the Cubs vacancy:
Pat Listach
Bob Melvin
Mike Quade (current interim manager)
Joe Girardi
John Calipari
William "Refridgerator" Perry
The Ghost of Casey Stengel
A pile of my toenail clippings