A baseball team has been in a 0-3 deficit in a best-of-seven playoff series 34 times, and only the 2004 Boston Red Sox managed to advance. That the Chicago Cubs are run by Theo Epstein, who guided those Red Sox past the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, is something that has been mentioned to the point of parody.
If Cubs win wouldn't be 1st improbable title for Theo Epstein. Also trained Buster Douglass for Tyson fight & helmed 1980 USA men's hockey.
— Batting Stance Guy (@BattingStanceG) October 17, 2015
For his part, Epstein seems less like a person who believes he has magical powers, and more like a person who has faith in his team’s ability to go on a hot streak.