The Vindication of Theo Epstein
In 2011 the Chicago Cubs hired Theo Epstein to be their president of baseball operations. He came from Boston having led that franchise to two World Series championships and ending what had been the third longest championship drought in Major League Baseball. The Cubs ownership gave Epstein complete control of every baseball decision, and he along with his team proceeded in making the Cubs horrible. In 2012, 2013, and 2014 he traded several of the best most loved players from the…