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October 26, 2011 Cubs.Com Epstein Begins Cubs Challenge Amid Excitement Baseball Chief Plans to Bring Philosophies with Him From October 26, 2011 Cubs.com Epstein begins Cubs challenge amid excitement Baseball chief plans to bring philosophies with him from Boston By: Carrie Muskat CHICAGO -- Theo Epstein, who rose to rock-star status in Boston after putting together two World Series champion teams, now begins the next phase of his baseball life with the Cubs. "I was ready for the next big challenge," Epstein said at a news conference Tuesday at Wrigley Field, where he was introduced as the president of baseball operations. He leaves the Red Sox after nine seasons as the general manager, signing a five-year deal with the Cubs, believed to be worth $18.5 million. "To me," he said, "baseball is better with tradition, baseball is better with history, baseball is better with fans who care, baseball is better with ballparks like this, baseball is better during the day, and baseball is best of all when you win. That, ultimately, is why I'm here today." Epstein vowed to build "a foundation of sustained success," which he said starts with a commitment to player development. He was impressed by the Cubs' aggressive approach in the First-Year Player Draft, and said it made him take notice that the team's owners, the Ricketts family, also believed in developing from within. Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts began his search in August after Jim Hendry was dismissed as general manager. Ricketts said he studied other teams and how they went about their business, as well as talked to about 20 people to find the right person to head the Cubs' baseball operations department. Ultimately, he settled on Epstein, and Ricketts said he knew after 10-15 minutes into their first conversation that he had targeted the right person. Giddy Cubs fans have been celebrating since word got out. On Tuesday, they could purchase an "Epstein" No. 12 Cubs jersey across the street from Wrigley Field. "It's unique," Epstein said of the Cubs. "Boston's not Chicago, Chicago's not Boston. Every city, every market has its own personality, its own idiosyncracies. I don't pretend to understand them all yet. "Having grown up in Boston, I have a better feel for that market. I'm a baseball fan. When I was with the Padres, I'd come through Chicago and we'd go through Wrigley Field and play the Cubs. I got a sense of what things were like here." What Epstein inherits is a team that finished fifth in the National League Central in back-to-back seasons, and generations of fans who have been waiting to pop champagne since 1908, the last time the Cubs won a World Series. It's the longest drought in professional sports. "I'm not saying the timetable is immediate," Epstein said. "Over time, we'll get this thing done. It's not going to happen overnight. But we'll take every opportunity to win seriously." Epstein has talked to manager Mike Quade and wants to meet with him face to face to discuss his "vision." Epstein did not immediately change managers when he took over the Red Sox in November 2002, keeping Grady Little for one season before hiring Terry Francona for the '04 season. When Francona decided to leave after this season, Epstein realized it may be time to move on. He had set a 10-year time frame in Boston, and didn't feel it was fair to the Red Sox if he interviewed the next manager, and then left. "The biggest factor of the exact timing was all of a sudden we looked up and had to hire a new manager," Epstein said. "I remember how it was for me, as a young GM, to run the interview process and bond with Terry Francona during that time. "I didn't think it was right for me as someone likely to make a transition in the next year to run the search process and hire a new manager," he said. "It would've been awkward at best, disastrous at worst." When Epstein took over as the Red Sox GM in November 2002, he pledged to transform the team into a "scouting and player development machine," and also got the Red Sox into the postseason. That's what the Ricketts want for their team. Epstein's not afraid to make changes. The Red Sox roster at the end of '03 had 17 players who were not on the team the previous year, and nine of those were not even in the organization when the regular season began. Epstein's first deal with the Cubs will essentially be for himself. When the Cubs and Red Sox announced Friday night that Epstein had resigned as Boston's GM, compensation had not been determined. He will pick up negotiations with Ben Cherington, who was introduced as Boston's GM on Tuesday at Fenway Park. MLB Commissioner Bud Selig has set Nov. 1 as a deadline for the two sides to settle the matter. The Cubs did receive permission from the Padres to talk to Jed Hoyer about also relocating to Chicago and becoming the general manager. Epstein and Hoyer were together on the Red Sox, and led the team to two World Series championships in 2004 and '07. The Cubs also may add Jason McLeod, who was the Red Sox's scouting director, and is currently the Padres' assistant GM. Those hires were expected to be done after the World Series ends. Epstein started watching baseball on TV when he was 2 years old, and was a Whiffle ball whiz at Central Park in New York growing up. His mother tells the story of how he knew at the age of 12 that he would work in baseball. "It's always been my passion -- love the game, love the competitiveness," he said. Now, Epstein starts anew. And so do the Cubs. -- Cubs.com Theo's goal is to change the tune in Chicago By: Anthony Castrovince CHICAGO -- It began with an icebreaker, submitted through song. Theo Epstein gathered his newly inherited front-office staff at a Wrigleyville sports bar for lunch on Monday and, as a means to get to know the men and women a bit better, asked each person at the table to tell him where he or she went to college. Then he asked each one of them to sing their school's fight song. A few made an earnest attempt, a few laughed and a few blushed, embarrassed that they couldn't come through. "I owe you one," one higher-up told him. But Theo, of course, wouldn't have pulled this little stunt if he, himself, had nothing to offer. And so there was the newly crowned king of the Cubs -- Yale-educated, Boston-bred and, now, Chicago-credentialed -- busting out his best attempt at a Bulldog ballad. Thus began the Epstein era on the North Side. One man singing loud and proud, hoping those around him will one day be singing the same tune. This is a tall order that Epstein, introduced as president of the Cubs on Tuesday afternoon at Wrigley Field, has inherited. He now finds himself at the helm of a ship well past sunk. The history here is at times tragic, at times comical and, like all things true to life, most often a little bit of both. That 86-year aridity Epstein helped erase in Boston? Child's play. Heck, 16 years before Theo was handed the Red Sox's general manager's reigns, Boston had been a half-inning away from a World Series title. Would that the Cubs could come so close. The last time they were even in the Series was mere months after the U.S. had dropped a bomb on Japan. Yeah, it's been a while. And at least the Red Sox's "curse" -- if such a thing exists -- could be tied to a human being. A Hall of Famer, at that. Cubs fans have a lowly goat and, in particularly pitiful moments, an unfortunate fan named Bartman to blame for their misfortune. And only because that's more fun than simply pointing to the many missteps and mind-blowing bumbles that have paved the way to more than 100 years of futility. Remember that one of Epstein's predecessors in such an appointment with the Cubs was E.R. "Salty" Saltwell, who, prior to being named the GM in 1976, had been serving as the club's concessions manager. If we look at this from that perspective, Theo doesn't exactly have a high standard to live up to here. But he does enter with enormous expectations, given the reputation he's earned as a true buster of ghosts. It's why, in the weeks leading up to this official unveiling, reporters staked out Starbucks hoping for a sight of him after a hot tip (one Epstein acknowledged to be accurate), why "Welcome Theo" signs run rampant around Wrigley and why the merchandise store across the street from the famous marquee is selling "Epstein 12" jerseys (with Alfonso Soriano left to wonder how the new guy stole his digits). Epstein is aware of the savior status he's been branded with, unfair as it might be. He'll do his best to temper emotions and expectations around here, but the fact that Tuesday's presser was the most exciting event at Wrigley in at least three years is telling, in and of itself. "I should probably have another press conference right now to resign," Epstein joked, "because my popularity is definitely going to be at an all-time high right now." It will undoubtedly dip at the first misfire, major or minor.
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