Inside there is a window separating the baseball operations world, run by Theo, and the rest of the Cubs' business side. When he got that job, at 28, he was the youngest general manager in baseball history, and in the 14 years since, he's built a reputation as a kind of championship whisperer.
Most people don't recognize him with his baseball hat pulled low, one of the most famous sports executives in the country, the man who embraced the culture of analytics to finally bring a title to the Red Sox. When it's really hot, kids on his corner set up a lemonade stand, 50 cents a cup. Most of the easy stroll from his house to the ballpark is through a quiet neighborhood. He walks to work every morning too, whether it's the dead of winter or Opening Day or the first playoff game. Theo and his two friends put their arms around one another, swaying to the music, and they all sang the chorus as loud as they could: "Someday we'll go all the way!"ĮPSTEIN WALKED HOME from the show through the dark streets of Wrigleyville and Lakeview. Then he began strumming the song he wrote about the team. Vedder said what a gift it was for him, a lifelong Cubs fan, to play Wrigley Field during this magical season. Three of Ron Santo's kids walked onto the stage.
He thanked the team's management and "my great, great friend Theo Epstein." Theo's friends patted him on the back, and Theo raised his hand high in the air and gave devil horns as thanks. From time to time he turned around and looked at the crowd, packed in every corner of the ballpark, bathed in the lights from the stage.Įddie Vedder came out for an encore wearing a Cubs jersey. He held a beer cup in his teeth and cupped his hands behind his ears to make the music louder. Twice a security guard shined a flashlight at him to get him down from the riser he used to better see the band. He managed to stay in his seats, Row 10, right in front of the soundboard, until the first few bars of "Even Flow." Then he worked his way to the front, almost getting his friends onto the stage at one point, finally ending up in the pit. His favorite band growing up was Pearl Jam, and today he watched the group play in what is essentially his office.
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It's been a really good night in a summer full of them. Theo hits the chords hard as the chorus approaches, and his grin, with the little gap between his teeth, makes him seem a lot younger than 42. Theo plays the opening riff to "Better Man." His friend Sean leans into a microphone and starts to sing, and soon everyone in the room joins him. Some guys take turns at Pop-a-Shot or air hockey, while a few sit in the big comfortable recliners and watch sports highlights. The room holds a mix of Theo's friends from Yale, San Diego and Boston, the people who've known him for 20 years, long before he became a boy wonder now slipping into middle age. She's earned a Harvard degree, and killed a scorpion with a shovel, in a rented spring training house, so she clearly doesn't take Theo's shit. His wife, Marie Whitney, rolls her eyes at his rock star pose. Pearl Jam finished a show at Wrigley two hours ago and the beer buzzes are wearing off. It's 1 in the morning in late August in the Cubs' players lounge beneath Wrigley Field, and he's got a half-cocked smile and his leg kicked out, about to do one more song before heading home. He's sitting on a small orange amplifier, playing loud and fast. There is blood on the strings and the fretboard, and he keeps hammering away on Pearl Jam and Led Zeppelin covers. Theo Epstein's got a finger bleeding on his pick hand. The decision you made to provide this great tool for them to use.Editor's note: This story contains explicit language. ARMS will change every constituent’s life within the department including coaches, compliance, business, marketing, advancement, training room, and so many more. Across the ARMS client base, there is nearly 100% usage across allĪreas of our client’s department. True Unification of the Entire Department – Finally an investment that everyone within the department will agree upon. Initially, but will quickly understand that this is an investment with almost immediate returns on so many fronts. You may see ARMS as an added expense to your department ARMS is an investment like no other!ĪRMS is an Investment, Not an Expense – We are all concerned with budget and spending our precious money wisely and rightly so. Of the paper and supplies that you will instantly save. Efficiency like Never Before – ARMS is like having an administrative assistant for every person within the department for the cost of a single part-time person per annum.
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