Ep. 113 - Theo Epstein

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2017

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations for the World Series champion Chicago Cubs, chats with David about growing up in Massachusetts, becoming general manager of the Boston Red Sox at only 28 years old, how his use of advanced analytics helped steer the Red Sox and Cubs to curse-breaking championships, and more. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:15.9	I've always said if you're going to have a Hall of Fame career, get it out of the way
0:21.8	early.
0:22.8	Theo Epstein has done that.
0:24.8	As a 30-year-old general manager, he helped lead the Boston Red Sox to its first world
0:28.9	series title in 86 years and then came over to Chicago Cubs and helped break 108-year drought
0:36.6	last November, making himself the toast of the town.
0:40.6	We thought this was the appropriate day to post this conversation as Theo and the Cubs
0:45.8	are visiting with President Obama today in his final days and office.
0:56.8	Theo Epstein, you are a classic story of a guy who grew up on the right side of the
1:01.8	tracks and made good.
1:06.1	Tell me about your...
1:07.1	I mean, I'm completely engrossed in the fact of your grandfather and his brother writing
1:15.1	my favorite...
1:16.1	One of my favorite movies of all time.
1:18.6	Yeah, my grandfather, Philip, and his identical twin, Julie, were screenwriting duo.
1:26.3	They actually went to Penn State together and were boxing champions together back when
1:31.7	college boxing was there.
1:32.7	Your twin as well?
1:33.7	I'm a twin as well and my mom's a twin, three straight generations.
1:37.1	Then they moved out to LA and became a writing team and ended up working for a long time
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