The Cubs kicked off spring training with a press conference in Mesa on Tuesday, February 12 and even though it hasn’t been the busiest offseason from a signing perspective, there were a lot of subjects for Joe Maddon, Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer to cover in a wide-ranging 45 minutes. Here are some of the highlights:
The theme is “Own It Now”
Leave it to Joe to start things off light. As usual the Cubs skipper has come to camp prepared with a team theme. He’s playing around with the idea of “Own it Now” and had a bit of a Yoda moment with this:
Now is Own rearranged and spelled backwards it also spells “Won.