in just five seasons, chicago cubs president of baseball operations theo epstein assembled a team that is competing for the franchise<u+2019>s first world series title since 1908. is he any good? strongside 




finished first in class at yale school of sabermetrics 




only person in america emotionally invested in single-a south bend cubs 




views baseball game as hundreds of formulas running across field 




believes this might be the year he finally wins fantasy baseball league 




can explain phenomenon of curses using highly complex linear regression 




turned the 2002 red sox into a contender using only the second-highest payroll in baseball weakside 




no fucking way he could do this magic turnaround shit for the padres 




lucky shirt costs $400 




not even sure how to use gut feeling at this point 




helped make curt schilling a world series hero 




took almost six years after college to achieve every single one of his dreams 




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