Theo Epstein
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1,523 appearances
1 recordings
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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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Yeah, in 03.
But I felt like it was like just too much, a bridge too far, like the glasses, like the zanyness.
I'm like, if this goes wrong, the first couple months in Boston, we're fucked.
And Tito was the right guy from the job because he had already managed.
And Tito was a hotshot managerial prospect who got a chance with the Phillies.
And it didn't go great the first time.
But just like we've talked about, all the lessons that you learn from going through the first time just makes you better your second time.
And that's really how you prepare for being an elite major league manager.
by doing it and learning how to do the job.
And so Tito was sitting there, and he ended up being the right pick for that job.
And I always had Joe kind of in the back of my mind.
And then it was just like dumb luck that when Andrew Friedman left to go to the Dodgers, Joe had a clause in his contract that made him, he could exercise now and become a free agent.
So it was a tough situation because Ricky had just been there a year.
It was one of those times where you can't do right by everybody.
We were kind of in a situation where we had to either be loyal to Ricky or be loyal to the Cubs organization, all the fans, everything we'd been building.
you know, your first loyalty is to the organization.
So we ended up making that move and going hard after Joe.
He was the perfect guy at the perfect time.
And we had struggled with,
a little bit to find that right fit in the major league clubhouse.
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