Theo Epstein
Theo Epstein
Theo Nathaniel Epsteinis the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 December 1973
CityNew York City, NY
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I understand there's been some interest in talking to me over the last couple of days, as evidenced by the cameras outside my house and the fact that I left in a gorilla suit the other day, ... That thing's getting itchy, so I thought I would just come here and try to answer your questions today.
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A situation may arise where he's a better option than what we have. There aren't too many guys you can bring in under these circumstances and be sure they won't be afraid.
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My relationship with Larry is one that spanned about 14 years; we've had a very successful working relationship,
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I don't think you ever want to see your team struggle. I think the fact that we had to overcome adversity during the regular season probably helped us.
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I think the future is bright. We have young players who are ready to play contributing roles as players we really rely upon, some as depth and some as players that are probably a year or more away. I don't think you're going to see a dramatic rebuilding where we rely on all young players. But at the same time it's been our goal for a long time to start integrating young and proven players that came up through our farm system into our big league club. I think you'll see more of that next year.
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They're always wary of what's around the corner.
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For about 14 years, we've had a very successful working relationship, ... I think Larry and I like each other. As with any long-term relationship, there are complexities. There are ups and downs. There are times when you have philosophical differences. But I owe him quite a bit.
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He's a very important part of the team. When he's pitching well at the back end of our bullpen it really allows everyone to fall into place.
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It's making more of it than it was. It's been sort of a non-issue all along. I'm glad he feels good about staying.
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It was a fair trade because there was tremendous talent on both sides. The Red Sox are getting more established talent, but the Marlins are getting tremendous upside talent and affordable talent. One side was paying a lot more money in exchange for the more established players. They weren't perfect prospects and we weren't getting perfect players.
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There's a fine line between winning and losing in the postseason. We got outplayed in October, and that happens. And if it happens for three games, you're going home.
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I think the first year in Boston can leave you feeling like you need to take some time off and you need to get away a little bit. He was a little bit taken back by how passionate the fan base was here. You expect a guy that's played in New York to make a seamless transition to Boston. But it was tough on him. He couldn't go out. I think he used the word 'hermit.' We know David doesn't like being a hermit. I think he'll need to go to his ranch and get away and think about that, how to deal with the hermit lifestyle.
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It might be the greatest game ever played. I'd like to hear other nominations. We were just joking around, that might have been one of the greatest at-bats ever, to end the greatest game ever played.
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These concepts of vision and togetherness are only words if we don't live up to them. We understand that our actions are much more meaningful than our words.