Best of The Axe Files: Theo Epstein
The Axe Files with David Axelrod
CNN
4.6 • 7.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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We revisit our January 2017 conversation with Theo Epstein, President of the Chicago Cubs. He joins David to share why he fell in love with baseball at a young age, how he became general manager of the Boston Red Sox at only 28 years old, why data analytics helped steer the Red Sox and Cubs to curse-breaking championships, and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:06.0 | And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with |
| 0:12.5 | your host David Axelrod. |
| 0:14.5 | Music |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, baseball season is here. |
| 0:21.7 | For so we're told, Major League Baseball is set to begin play this week three and a half |
| 0:26.3 | months late. |
| 0:27.7 | For truncated 60 game schedule to be played in empty stadiums under strict COVID-19 rules, |
| 0:33.6 | including a prohibition on spitting. |
| 0:36.6 | So we'll see how all that goes. |
| 0:38.4 | But I for one have missed the national pastime so to commemorate this moment, I'm reaching |
| 0:43.7 | back into the best of Axe Files vault for my conversation with Chicago Cubs president |
| 0:48.7 | of baseball operations Theo Epstein. |
| 0:51.7 | Theo is a hero in Chicago and Boston for breaking epic curses and bringing world series titles |
| 0:57.7 | to cities that hadn't seen them in our lifetime. |
| 1:00.8 | But more than a brilliant baseball man, Theo Epstein is also one of the most thoughtful |
| 1:04.6 | and interesting people I've had the opportunity to sit down with for the Axe Files. |
| 1:09.5 | One note, the Axe Files will be posted later on Thursday to accommodate a special guest |
| 1:13.8 | that day. |
| 1:14.8 | Now, here's Theo Epstein. |
| 1:16.8 | Theo Epstein, you are a classic story of a guy who grew up on the right side of the |
| 1:27.6 | tracks and made good. |
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