Based on his tendency to verbally eviscerate what he feels are narratives regarding his team, I’m starting to think we should refer to the Cubs’ president of baseball operations as Eminepstein. Even though he may not study the encyclopedia and try to rhyme words in the middle of sentences, Theo Epstein dropped a vicious diss track aimed at those who’d question his relief corps.
“I honestly think the quality of our bullpen is being overlooked,” Epstein told MLB.com’s Carrie Muskat. “It’d be nice if we could be one of those teams that has the best bullpen ERA in the league — oh, wait, that’s us, by like a third of a run, and it’s more than one or two guys.