Theo Epstein
speaker
1,523 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
Theo Epstein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Well, first of all, Tom and his family and then the business side, like
they all did an unbelievable job on the facilities and Wrigley Fields.
Spring training facilities.
Yeah, so it was a ton of synergy.
But on the baseball side, yeah, I mean, it's kind of cliche, but like laid it out as a five-year plan.
One of the reasons I...
I felt comfortable coming to the Cubs.
I had this dinner with Tom before we made everything official.
I was like, I need to know if this guy's genuine, if he kind of gets it, and then if he's pretty loyal, supportive, and patient.
I thought that he wanted me to come in and I think Prince Fielder and Pujols were the two big free agents that first offseason.
If he thinks I'm coming in to sign Pujols or Prince Fielder and put lipstick on a pig and think we can compete right away, this is not the place for me.
But he was totally supportive about doing it the right way.
So yeah, we kind of laid out a five-year plan.
Every season's sacred, but when our
long-term interests conflict with our short-term interests, we're going to err on the side of our long-term interests every time.
It's probably going to mean we have a few deadlines in a row.
We're trading your favorite player.
We're going to ask our fans to open it up front.
Because big market rebuilding doesn't usually happen.
So that was part of the plan, is just be honest, be transparent, ask our fans to follow the draft, follow our prospects, follow our minor league system.
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