If and when Theo Epstein enters the Baseball Hall of Fame, he'll have something to reminisce about besides breaking championship curses in Boston and Chicago.
When former Cubs pitcher (and current front office employee) Ryan Dempster needed help preparing for his upcoming stint with Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic, he went right to the top. Epstein, the Cubs' president of baseball operations, put on a batting helmet, jumped in the cage and took five at-bats against Dempster on Monday at the team's spring training site at Sloan Park in Mesa, Ariz. According to CSN Chicago, Dempster threw about 50 pitches total to Epstein, Cubs infielder Tommy La Stella and minor-leaguer Todd Glaesmann.