Theo Epstein Thanks Chicago After Resigning As President Of Baseball Operations

Theo Epstein is the greatest executive in Chicago Cubs History. Hell, he might even be the greatest executive in Chicago sports history. Theo was the guy to finally come in and do it. The guy who broke the curse, and built the roster that broke a 108 year championship drought for the Chicago Cubs. That is no small feat.

As a Chicagoan, and a Chicago Cubs fan, we knew we were going to have to say goodbye to Theo Epstein sometime in the near future. He’s a wandering man, and after ten years, he was going to look for another opportunity. We just didn’t know it was going to be this year. We didn’t know it was going to be today.

Theo Epstein wrote a letter of gratitude where he thanks many people. The fans were included in his long letter sent to The Athletic.

“Nine years ago, after I laid out some lofty goals at my introductory press conference — a pledge to create a foundation for sustained success that would mean playing baseball regularly in October as well as a promise, over time and together, to build a team that would ultimately win the World Series — our first act as a baseball department was to set out a collective vision for how we could meet those goals and make our fans proud. Even in the darkest days of the three-year rebuild, we never felt alone. Everyone in baseball operations — most toiling anonymously and without any credit — bought in and stood shoulder to shoulder while working hard and making the unseen sacrifices necessary to move the organization forward. Your work led to some great trades, productive trips for our young talent through our system and onto the major league roster, and finally a recruitment of free agents that evinced a mutual faith — us in them, and them in us — that together we could take the next step and translate talent into October baseball and a ring. Then Joe and his staff built just the right atmosphere to allow the players to turn those plans into a reality for the most deserving fans in the world,” Theo Writes.

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He also talks about the journey, and how he felt like a fan watching the moments that manifested into a World Series championship. Those moments will be a part Cubs history forever.

Theo Epstein concludes his letter by saying that he plans to take his family to Wrigley Field as fans whenever the time comes that fans will be allowed back into the stadium.

“I cannot wait until the fans and all of us are able to return to Wrigley. On the first day back, I am going to walk to Clark and Addison with my wife and two sons, taking in the sights and the sounds and the smells, mixing in with the fans in their jerseys new and old. I will make sure to arrive early enough to come say hello, catch up, and share a few stories. Then, we will settle into our seats, admire the now familiar hues and shapes of the gorgeous Wrigley panorama, and get ready to root on the Cubs and sing during the stretch.”

“It will feel like home.”

From a die hard Chicago Cubs fan, thank you Theo Epstein. For everything.

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