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Chicago Cubs exec, World Series architect Theo Epstein resigns Views From The Press Box
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After breaking curses and World Series droughts in both Boston and Chicago, longtime baseball executive Theo Epstein is stepping away from professional baseball. The Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations resigned from his post yesterday, paving the way for longtime understudy and current Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer to assume the day-to-day responsibilities of directing the Cubs franchise.
In a long, heartfelt letter published in the Athletic yesterday, Epstein suggested that he will not seek another position in baseball immediately. Instead, the three-time World Series championship exec intends to spend more time with family and contributing to the various charities he’s involved with. “As for what I will do next, I’m not precisely sure, though I have a few things in mind. Next summer will be my first in 30 years not clocking into work every day at a major league ballpark,” said Epstein in the letter penned to the Cubs organization, obtained and published by The Athletic.
The analytics-based ideology or “Moneyball” embraced by Epstein was a vital reason that the former Ivy-Leaguer became the youngest GM in major league history back in 2002. Last winter, the Cubs organization was forced to implement massive layoffs to its baseball operations and business staff due to the impact of losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Washington Post suggests he may have wanted to leave his position prior, but that he didn’t want to leave the daunting task for his successor Hoyer. (Also, he resigned one-year early in 2011 from the Red Sox so that incoming Red Sox GM Ben Cherington could get off on the right foot by hiring his own candidate for the team’s vacant managerial position).
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After breaking curses and World Series droughts in both Boston and Chicago, longtime baseball executive Theo Epstein is stepping away from professional baseball. The Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations resigned from his post yesterday, paving the way for longtime understudy and current Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer to assume the day-to-day responsibilities of directing the Cubs franchise.
In a long, heartfelt letter published in the Athletic yesterday, Epstein suggested that he will not seek another position in baseball immediately. Instead, the three-time World Series championship exec intends to spend more time with family and contributing to the various charities he’s involved with. “As for what I will do next, I’m not precisely sure, though I have a few things in mind. Next summer will be my first in 30 years not clocking into work every day at a major league ballpark,” said Epstein in the letter penned to the Cubs organization, obtained and published by The Athletic.
The analytics-based ideology or “Moneyball” embraced by Epstein was a vital reason that the former Ivy-Leaguer became the youngest GM in major league history back in 2002. Last winter, the Cubs organization was forced to implement massive layoffs to its baseball operations and business staff due to the impact of losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Washington Post suggests he may have wanted to leave his position prior, but that he didn’t want to leave the daunting task for his successor Hoyer. (Also, he resigned one-year early in 2011 from the Red Sox so that incoming Red Sox GM Ben Cherington could get off on the right foot by hiring his own candidate for the team’s vacant managerial position).
#Chicago #Cubs #Boston #RedSox #TheoEpstein #MLBnews #MLBTwitter #MLBTwitterLive #MLB #ViewsFromThePressBox #sports #baseball #podcast
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