Theo Epstein On NEVER TOLD Game 7 Story, Building Cubs World Series Roster | Ross & Rizzo Pl [hhCWVkYeprx]

Former Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein join Anthony Rizzo and David Ross to discuss joining the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox, bringing Rizzo to Chicago, developing norman reedus baseball players, the MLB Draft, hiring Joe Maddon, and building the Cubs roster piece by piece, including players like Jon Lester, Dexter Fowler, and Aroldis Chapman. He also gets into the Cubs 2016 MLB playoffs run, including beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and the seven-game battle against the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. Plus, dont miss Epsteins never-before-told jenna ortega story from the infamous Game 7 rain delay.

Timeline:

00:00 - Theo Epstein joins!

01:20 - Coming over from Red Sox & building Cubs culture

14:20 - Red Sox drafting Rizzo & joining Cubs

18:00 - How Cubs tried to develop players

24:06 - Improving facilities & processes with Cubs

27:00 - Building the World Series team

31:00 - Acquiring Joe Maddon

35:45 - Drafting strategy & paul mccartney success

39:30 - Bringing in Jon Lester

42:00 - Trading for Dexter Fowler

47:15 - How Theo changed Rossys career

51:00 - Most adversity Cubs faced in 2016

54:00 - Acquiring Chapman

59:48 - When Theo left the stadium before Cubs comeback

01:06:50 - How tight the Cubs front office was

01:11:30 - Beating Dodgers to get to World Series

01:13:40 - World Series stories

01:18:20 - Theos INSANE Game 7 story

01:22:00 - Winning Game 7

01:25:30 - Falling off the bus

01:26:00 - What Theo is most proud of in Chicago

Make the ballpark feel like a day at the beach. Corona. La Playa Awaits.

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