The leadoff-hitter thing, I think, it's always nice to have an established leadoff hitter and to have someone who can really get… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
If multiple starting pitchers underperform at the same time, it's always going to leave you in a stretch where it's hard to… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Having a relentless lineup full of professional hitters works on so many levels. It works in terms of pure baseball reasons: if… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
When we build that foundation for sustained success, and it ultimately results in a World Series, it's going to be more than… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
We don't live in isolation. Most people don't like working in isolation - some do, but they typically don't end up playing… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Baseball is better with tradition, with history. Baseball is better with fans who care. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I want to thank everyone who has ever put on a Cubs uniform and anyone who has ever rooted for the Cubs. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
As I sat back and imagined what my transition from the Red Sox might be, I thought it would smell more like… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
You just make the right baseball decision. You don't necessarily worry about somebody's feelings or anything like that. You make the right… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Communication is different in the clubhouse than it is in a boardroom. The heartbeat that exists in the clubhouse, you don't find… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The Cubs, we built one of best farm systems - I think for a while there, it was the best farm system… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The Cubs - with their passionate fans, dedicated ownership, tradition, and World Series drought - represented the ultimate new challenge and the… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I believe in our players. That's why they're here. I also know slumping is part of baseball. What's surprising is sometimes when… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The fact that guys adjusted really quickly to the big leagues, developed really quickly, faced adversity under the brightest spotlights, played great… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Baseball is a game based on adversity. It's a game that's going to test you repeatedly. It's going to find your weaknesses… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Typically, it takes young players years to adjust to life in the big leagues and to start performing up to their capabilities.… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone ... whose best days are ahead of him. He's not coming… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The 2011 Cubs were the oldest team in the division, the most expensive team in the division, and the worst team in… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
We try to do a great job of understanding the opposing hitter and his tendencies. Maybe understand the hitter better than he… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I don't think facing one of your own active pitchers would be a good idea, unless I got super lucky and hit… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I love being in a city that's playing October baseball, where you can just feel everyone captivated by the ball club, everyone… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
It's a natural push and pull that exists in any sports organization. When you are in a big market and then you… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I don't know if I could go to another run-of-the-mill baseball department and work because it would probably feel like work. In… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
The goals is to create a really high 'floor' for this organization, where the 'off' years are years where you might win… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Players that tend to respond to adversity the right way and triumph in the end are players with strong character. If you… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
There's a cumulative effort within the course of a game, a series, and a season, too, where you see so many pitches… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes, on the business side, it's important to sort of have something with some sizzle in an offseason. It's the baseball operations… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I work for the Chicago Cubs, a team with a following so loyal and adoring and a history so forlorn that we… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
If you reach a point where your entire farm system is in the big leagues, you've traded a couple guys for players… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Ten years from now I think people are going to look back and say Willis Reed pulled a Curt Schilling...Willis Reed scored… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
There are certainly times when baseball is much more than bread and circus, times when baseball resonates deeply and meaningfully with many,… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I still wake up thinking about draft choices we should have made that would have impacted the franchise for a long time, but I… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I used to follow people home. I just like being anonymous so much that I would follow people home because they didn't know who… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
When we build that foundation for sustained success, and it ultimately results in a World Series, it's going to be more than just a… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
If you're trying to avoid one move that you don't think is going to work out, don't then settle for a different move that… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
You're not always going to get the outcomes you feel like your talent deserves, that you feel like the big picture deserves. And what's… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
We try to do a great job of understanding the opposing hitter and his tendencies. Maybe understand the hitter better than he knows himself. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
If I let my brain follow its path unfettered, it would be kinda ugly. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Sometimes, on the business side, it's important to sort of have something with some sizzle in an offseason. It's the baseball operations department's job… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
When I was writing or competing in individual sports, it felt unfulfilling and lonely. When I was able to find a group of people… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I believe in our players. That's why they're here. I also know slumping is part of baseball. What's surprising is sometimes when it lasts… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
I believe in the First Amendment. But I also believe we should be mindful of how other people feel. — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
Scouting and player development is the key to year-in and year-out success, not the occasional lucky hit. There are no definitive answers in this… — Theo Epstein Copy Share Image
![“Josh Bard is a catcher with excellent defensive tools and someone ... whose best days are ahead of him. He's not coming off his best [offensive] season, but we still think there is some ceiling on him. He has outstanding makeup and calls a good game. [He's] a solid receiver with a plus arm, and…” quote by Theo Epstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/626/theo-epstein-7214_arms_josh-bard-is-a-catcher-with-excellent-de_1784646.jpg)
