One of these things I was expecting to write about this afternoon, and one of these things I was not. Let’s start out with the biggest news of the day in the baseball world: Theo Epstein is stepping down as the President of Baseball Operations for the Chicago Cubs as of this Friday and Jed Hoyer, who has been the team’s General Manager ever since Epstein came on as the Cubs President of Baseball Operations, will take over that gig. The two have been together in Chicago for nine seasons.
Theo Epstein’s resume includes ending historical World Series droughts for both the Boston Red Sox and for the Chicago Cubs.