BOSTON -- With the Chicago Cubs in town for a three-game series at Fenway Park this weekend, team president of baseball operations Theo Epstein was taking full advantage of the opportunity to return to his hometown, this time as the man who was key to ending two of the longest-enduring World Series championship droughts in history.
At a charity event to begin the weekend on Friday afternoon, Epstein took a moment to reflect on what the Boston area means to him.
"I grew up here, fell in love with baseball here, had my first son here, spent ten years working for the Red Sox and a lifetime loving the franchise.