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While Epstein is no Branch Rickey, he (and perhaps Billy Beane) represents a new paradigm in baseball philosophy, sabermetrics. I see him in the same light as Larry MacPhail, a GM for a little more than ten years who revived two moribund franchises in the Depression and co-owned the Yankees during WW2. If MacPhail is in, than Theo Epstein should be a lock with his resume but only IF the Cubs win the World Series. That's two franchises with nearly 200 years of futility without him at the helm.
I tend to agree. If it's seen somewhere down the road that he altered the way the game is "GM'd" leading to a better chance of winning and staying competitive, then he should be in.
Yep, if Cubs win, I think he's in. Also, now that I'm older, that fact he took the Sox job at like 26-27 is absolutely amazing looking back on it. Not that that factors to HOF, but is nuts!!
10-13-2015, 04:29 PM
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