23 Burst results for "Theo Epstein"
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"theo epstein" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"It would be that expensive. Definitely. All right, well, today we'll be talking with the legend, the voice of the show, bookshop is going to join us and mentioned it ward out, who has some observations about it up and coming slugger in the Cardinals organization and an important but murky injury situation for the defending champions and we'll be talking with Alan Gonzalez, who's in Arizona, will digest the bad injury news that have hammered that his hammered the nationally west teams in the last couple of days. Let's start with this, a bleacher tweet from Andrew stout who says people who love sports like the pitch clock. He puts sports and quotation marks. People who love baseball hate the pitch clock, here I stand, I can do no other Andrew. Are you telling me then? That Paul goldsmith hates baseball because he likes the pitch clock. Buck showalter, you telling me he hates baseball because he likes the pitch clock Theo Epstein. You think he hates baseball? No, a lot of people in the game really love the pitch clock. I'm gonna ask boog chambi the percentage of people he's spoken with and how much they, you know, who like the pitch clock. I think it's fairly apparent early in the preseason tell it a lot of people like the pitch clock. Positive reviews all around. You really just roasted Andrew. I'm so sorry that he had to experience that, that brutal beating you just gave him. And I have so much respect for Andrew. You know, he said this is a great bleacher tweets all the time, but in this case, I just disagree. Well, as we tape the show yesterday morning, we got confirmation from a source, the Gavin Lux had suffered a terrible injury, a bad injury in the exhibition game earlier this week, the Dodgers announced yesterday that he suffered a torn ACL. He's out for the year and an emotional Lux who was going to be the Dodgers shortstop spoke of the porters yesterday. I think every baseball player's dream is to play shortstop for the Los Angeles. Los Angeles Dodgers, so yeah, I think that's one of the hardest parts. Gavin,
Planet Mikey
"theo epstein" Discussed on Planet Mikey
"65 home run. Distorted everything. And people will say, well, you still got to hit the ball. But when I see guys that I played against, they would hit the ball four 20, four 30. And then all of a sudden they're hitting the ball 500 feet. Or they're throwing 92 93 miles an hour. Now they're throwing 98.99. Sure. Yeah. And then you're going something's going on here. And, you know, to me, I think that that changed the view with me and my my time on the ballot. I think this made me me justifying it. I was watching an MLB network show and it was about the team of the 80s they put together a team of the 80s. And I think it's largely the 80s just gets disrespected because you looked at some of the names on that team. Rick Anderson, Mike Schmidt, obviously. Yeah, yeah. But then there's Dwight Evans. And then there's Dale Murphy. And there's Mattingly. And there's all these great players from the 80s that just completely kind of get ignored that those are days media members, like we always make fun of them. The nerds in baseball would absolutely adore these guys. Absolutely. You know, I mean, these are those are three big names from that era. And to me, it's ridiculous. But you know, nowadays Dwight, they talk about war. You know, the stat. Or? Yeah, I still don't understand it. I don't either. But everybody, it's like it's their big number now. All his war was this and that, well, I looked up your war in your career. And the war is above replacement, right, Ben? Yes. So the winds above replacement, the only guys that came in the Red Sox in the history of the Red Sox in war, ahead of you were Ted Williams, yaz, boggy, snuck pasture, and you know who was behind you? David Ortiz. So you're clearly the fourth best war player in the history of the Red Sox, and you're not in the Hall of Fame. And they didn't retire number, and I'm pissed. I am pissed about this. I don't understand. You know, you're asking, you're bringing up some great subjects, but I can't comment on that. I know. Well, that's because you're a humble guy. I don't understand it, but you know me, I'm just gonna go over and just do my job. I still work with organization. I love what I do. I love the owners I love. I love the organization, period. I guess the one of the best compliments I have had is from Theo Epstein and Dave dumbrowski and other general managers saying you're the kind of player I'd go after today. If you're type of player was around and hey, that's the player I'd want on my team. And that to me is a compliment. And I think had had to do with the war staff and other stats on base was huge. People say, well, how come how come when you started getting more home runs and more walks and a guy named Ralph came to us and he goes, you know, I've been looking at you and watching your own base percentage. Instead of you been 6 7s and 8s, he's like, I'm gonna hit you a second. He says, you have the best on base percentage or anybody on the team. That was back in, I think 81. Right. And I didn't think of it that way. But what I was doing was one more at bat for a game. So the walks were more. The home runs were more and RBIs were more. One more at that per gain, that's a 162 more at bats was a big thing for me. You'll have the lead twice in OPS, which is another number. They refer to a dramatically all the time. But to me, it was like a combination platter. You know, you were talking about Willie made. You did everything well, and the fielding was the one I said, you know what? As a matter of fact, 20 Devin's, I want to tell you something. We have brought in a Bob Dylan impersonator to do a tribute song to you at number 24. Do you want to listen to it before we say goodbye? I'd love to. This is a Bob Dylan impersonator. His name is Ned. Ned, bring him in here. We're going to do it right now. This.
SI Media Podcast
"theo epstein" Discussed on SI Media Podcast
"And i just remember the way he was describing. That story i was like. Can you imagine if people knew that. Eddie veteran theo epstein. Were there at that moment just lying on their backs. Or i will say atlanta's morissette. I think she's amazing and she was so fascinating to me because she was super deep the whole time. She was with danika. Patrick but she talked about how she was dropped by one of a record labels and then she came out and did you oughta know and it blew up in the way she told that story was like. Wow that's fascinating. Listened to that better one and i listened to the deal because i i like is music so much. So that was and like she's always. I'm a big howard stern listener. And she's been on there a bunch of times and she's a great interview. She very interesting interview..
Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"theo epstein" Discussed on Baseball Tonight with Buster Olney
"Managers called you got your owner calling you out. I mean everything is just coming down everything that you need to do as a team and then you can't finish it in an like an exclamation point. It's not like yet a one run to leads holding onto but you're like games one and now you've lost like that. That is a huge piece. Not just to get chapman right but to keep the team right is you. If you have a lead you wanna be able to put someone in there. That can shut the door especially heading into the all star break and we're now a week away from this break that you know you're gonna want this team to feel good about the momentum it could possibly carry it. He's next five or six games and righteous. We'll have fun tonight back to back games. let's go bleacher tweets already buster bleacher tweets for a tuesday. That feels nice to say to start a week. And i got to give you an update. We put the the number of drinks at twenty two and a half buster before the weekend started. And so i was at dinner with my wife on friday and i told her about this and she was appalled for a moment and then i think she wanted in on the bit so she was kind of driving the bus this weekend. God me over that twenty. Two and a half to twenty three. I kept track on my phone. If you'd like documentation does good weekend so just just wanted to fill you in on that that. I don't know how you stand. I mean my god. July's my favorite holiday. So gotta get this. You have a lot of favorite holidays this year. Well the big three memorial day for the july labor day. Christmas thanksgiving they they can. They can hit bricks. But while i was listening favorite holiday will be friday. Yes oh for sure you know that is indeed my favorite holiday any day that i am looking forward to not working or not working at all. That's that's probably a good day for me. Let's to the tweets here schultz baseball at bench adults. Twelve with all this kimbrel. Talk trade talk. What caliber of prospect can the cubs expect to get equal to chapman glacier trade. Just the context is different. Which means that. I think the prospect return would be lasts now Kimbrell has a club option. Which makes him a little bit more attractive. But let's say that the yankees return chapman if you're to great added in a i think a b. plus tight prospects b. plus a minus type prospect. But not as good as what. The yankees got for chapman because the context at that time was in you remember theo epstein making that trade believed that chapman was the piece they needed to put them over the top to win the first world series in one hundred eight years. Red sox aren't quite that desperate. And i think other teams are not quite that desperate so they won't get as much. Next w brendan devine at be divined. Seventeen fifteen brennan writes in what would happen. If he teams only all star repport traded before the all star game say eduardo escobar gets traded to whatever team would another player represent arizona or escobar represent arizona while on another team's roster. No they wouldn't replace him with an arizona player. This has happened before it wished you can remember the players names. A couple of instances. I can remember in the past and and everyone just sort of moves on of an escobar. We'll take the field in the uniform of his new team next. Mr jackie are s at jackie. Seventy-nine mr jackie rates in high granted. I don't see a lot of east coast games. Call it my west coast bias. But why is our oldest chapman and all star. He's not the saves leader not the lone yankees rep and he has a four point. Seven one era so many other deserving players. Yeah keep in mind that. The voting was done among players Long before he had his total meltdown. We mentioned the stats. I twenty three innings this year allowed one run in the last five and two thirds innings. He's allowed fourteen runs. I bet you if you did a redo on the voting today they probably would back off. Can you imagine taylor anything more awkward than after garrett cole and enroll this chapman blue that game first game of the doubleheader on sunday coming in and being told oh yeah by the way you're in all star. How awkward that would. That is indeed very awkward. i love it i we. Everyone complains about all the yankee stock on here. But i really like this collective meltdown. They're having. Let's go to the last tweet of the day. Gaylon green jalen green unsure there at tiny weapons. This person writes in. Look i know. The mariners are at least a year from relevance but they swept the reason four and just took two three from the white socks and blue jays. Can we at least get a mentioned on the pod. What gives sincerely a masochistic mariners fan. We gave him some love today. Buster yelling and the truth be told i adam scripted in that. We were gonna talk about him with tim before. I saw your tweet. But i appreciate that and i hope we gave you something between tim and between jessica does already that does it. For bleacher tweets hashtag.
The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"theo epstein" Discussed on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
"Well we left. Our homes in bristol. Bay for the waters of miami shore with the hippo woman are severance pay by the pirate flag pirate radio with the and crew. We got wind in sales in the sky is blue. There's a devil up our nose so much work to to for the pirates radio. David i hate to be the guy i really do. Hate to be the guy as i age as things get worse for me in terms of just general mortality in this business. Who does the fix baseball show. But when i read that the offense hasn't been worse in baseball and fifty years. And when i know that the other sports when they have offensive problems they just start changing the rules football basketball hockey when the new jersey devils neutral zone was threatening the sport. They all change the rules. Like how many rules are you going to end up having to change. Because you can't keep going making the earned run averages this microscopic. We've got theo to the rescue. How excited are you that. Theo left the cubs because he thought the cubs were gonna stink. And now they're in first place. He didn't want to trade any of his players. And now jed hoyer is taken over in the cubs and first place in the al central. And what feo does for a living. I'm picturing theo in mlb offices he probably works for from his home in chicago or boston or every liver nantucket martha's vineyard and he's thinking of all these ways that he can be the difference and so he comes up with these changes in the public face. He makes these comments. Can you know what is not doing squat. Nothing they're doing these things that have to be approved by the union and if the union doesn't approve them the commissioner could these rule changes after a year. But the commissioner is never gonna do that with a collective bargain agreement be negotiated at the end of this year. So really what. Theo's doing is running the mets heartache. David do you like the o. Epstein he and. I've never had sh about dinner together. It didn't sound like you did now. I have nothing. It's not personal. It's nothing personal. Say matter seems to be some sort of undercurrent here. Because you kinda talk about. I can kind of sees on your inflection when you when you talk about derrick jeeter and other people and obviously well scott boris. You don't hold anything back. There is no undercurrent there. Just a full on nami but with theo epstein. I'm kind of picking up on something. Here bubbling beneath the surface agreed to. I've heard the same thing david and it's made me wonder if you think. Because he's such a golden boy. I invented baseball and i know more than everyone else that he is somehow in a position that you feel you could do just as well so. That's not the genesis of it actually. I'm not the type of guy who looks at what other people do and says anything you can do. I can do better. I can do anything better than you. I'm not doing that at all what i'm actually saying. Is that the. Pr that he gets is so good now. He won the world series in boston and broke the curse. He won the world series in chicago and broke the curse but he also had great players. He did some good traits and bad trade some good science and bad signings within baseball the other. Gm's don't look at theo and genuflect in his general direction. He's got a tree of executives. Like jared porter the guy who got fired by the mets like scott. The guy who's currently with the madsen. Jed hoyer now with the cubs yokneam blum. Who's now with the.
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"theo epstein" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"Is sometimes you just have situations where you'll have, you know, relievers who just shut down the line up for lineups that just can't hit an extra things. You'll have something like the 12 inning game yesterday, where it took Fernando to tease and then obviously, we'll Myers next ratings for that game, too. Actually wrap up. Um, I think that there's players across baseball majors across baseball Remember, specifically, Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who was not managing last year, was washing games from his couch because of his suspension from the Astros trafficking, trash bang. Trash Can bank scandal. It's a tough game. Yes, he was a fan of it. And it was because there was just kind of a little bit more movement because of the pressure on the lever is kind of the attention that set up a meet me from the get go. But I do understand the point of view of a lot of fans who you know you can win a game. Now with without getting a hit, you can have a second, you know, to sacrifice flies and win a game and so I personally a fan. I don't think it's a perfect rule. I think there's not really a perfect rule for the situation. But I think for me, I think has been an overall net positive, probably squeaking out, but it's It is kind of mix. I think on on a 99 basis, depending on the situation in some ways is baseball's focus in the right place here. I mean, let's take last night. It was a long one. Yeah. It wasn't dull. Yeah, If you were watching that game, you were entertained. Should the focus be on the occasional game that stretches 12 13 14 15 innings or the nine inning 6 to 4 game that for some reason, it's still 3.5 hours. Well, I think the focus should be on entertainment More than anything. I don't think that If the game is 3.5 hours and is really, really entertaining, versus like a two and our 2.5 hour to hour 45 minute game That's really boring, and nothing happens. I think it's about the entertainment value. I think the stems Back to the issue facing baseball right now, with the fact that the sport is so dominated by pitching The fact that hitters are going all or nothing for Homer's. There's not really any double singles triples that kind of stuff on the night tonight basis, which is, I think what the fans want. Um, but I think it's also an issue stemming from baseball's general focus of pace of play. You know the way that pitch clock is not really enforced. Things like the ex training role is baseball's focus in the right place. I think that's why they brought in Theo Epstein to try toe find ways and I'm I've talked about this on the air before, but I think it's Gonna be really, really interesting to look at the rule experiments down the Marley's in the Atlantic League, moving the pitcher's mound back whether or not that has any sort of effect on The excitement level of the game because I think we've really seen a shift in that on game to game basis of course, last couple years. Alright, Thanks. June. We'll check back in with you on the Red Sox in just a bit. I'm Chris Villani coming up next on baseball. Tonight. We'll hear from the Red Sox skipper Alex Cora is he makes a bittersweet return to Houston. You're listening to Major League baseball on ESPN Radio and the ESPN app..
KNBR The Sports Leader
"theo epstein" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"I'm always interested to see who Cubans throwing out there, You know. I mean, there's so many great players come out of them consistently. You know, I love the certain years the US when they had the Will Clark and Mark McGwire. It was an unbelievable show. I 90 90 to Barcelona and stick it out to a couple. Olympic baseball games is very rewarding, but you know this. This team here. I mean, Matt Camp. I mean, good player. But the get everybody on the team should be like under 27 on the rise, or, you know somebody that has for all I know, I don't haven't made a big study of the roster. But the veterans on the team E think met leaders didn't even make the team and I'm not. What's going on there. But that's not not thrilling Group of veterans that they've assembled to me that just soon go ahead with all all up incomers and see where it takes you. Well, you can't take anyone who's on the 40 man. And the players who are not on the 40 men who are good players. There's a lot of restrictions on them, so MLB really doesn't cooperate very much, and you stuck with that type of team. It's not Ben Sheets and, you know, players like that who were on the verge of making it. Yeah. Yeah, I'll have to check out various pieces. I haven't really been up to speed on what's going on now. I mean, I keep thinking the Olympics. They're not going to be held. But despite everybody in Japan opposing it, I guess I'm gonna go ahead and do it. America is looking now it looks like that's the way the world is going. Hey, Theo Epstein is in the news just about maybe once a week. Now he looks like the architect of of what is coming in baseball. There's an a Yeah, yeah, he does. He's he's very concerned about the you know, there's a disturbing trends in the game, the strikeouts. The ball's not put in play, just that this sort of tedium that's set in. He's worried about the impact of ships and all these things that he's been, you know, behind a lot of the innovations that they've put in the minor leagues, you know, with the idea that this is not It is not necessarily a precursor to the big Just Let's see. Let's take a look. You know, and I love that about him. I I would love to see him be the next commissioner. I really would cause he definitely knows the game. You know, Rabb answers the labor guy. You know, God bless him, But that's that's that was his strength. That was what he did. He was a litigator, and you need you need a real baseball man in that job, and it's It's been a e. Don't know when the last time they really had one, but, you know, love but feeling, but he had his own set of problems. We'll need to get into that. But I think Keith dost in strikes me as a man who could lead the game to a good place. Yeah, the last one comparable for May maybe was G. Ahmadi. Uh, you know, it was so confident. Strong that, Yeah. Fay Vincent didn't quite have the clout of Jamaat e. They had the heart. But Giamatti was a guy who I thought was better than uber off better than book buoy. Killing better than the General Eckert. The unknown soldier. Uh, go back to Ford Frick. You know things. It's not a great list. Luminous group any means? No, really. Yeah, I was just gonna say but something he was an owner. I mean, you know, it's just that that's that conflict there bothered me, but Theo Epstein. I mean, this is a guy who led the Red Sox and the Cubs out of the wilderness of a historic drought. The curses, you know, uh, and to teach twice he did that. I mean, that's that's just in this. Incredible. So um Yep. I like him. He's still a youthful They're looking and thinking, man, Menzies, a forward thinker, and I hope I hope he gets heard. You know, because I don't think he's gonna I don't think he's going to do anything that I don't think he's gonna bring in large bases into the game or or, um, you know, say it can only have to pick off moves Well, everybody in the other team's stealing your blind stuff like that, But other things, I think I think he might try to get real rolled into the game. Well, I think you will. And I think they do listen to him, and I think he will change the strike zone. Yeah, well, there you go. They're gonna shorten it on the on the upper side. So you don't have all these high fastballs coming in wildly. I think he's going to go to the computerized strike zone. At some point, you know when it's when it's done. I think he'll do that. And I think he will do something on the shift. Um and you know, I was thinking about it. If you put the guys in there, Norm, normal positions and watch the balls that are hit. They look, you can shift the shortstop over second base if you want. But you can't have four guys on one side. Exactly. There'd be so much more hitting in the game would be incredible. Yeah, it's just to me it just just the aesthetics of it are so much better when you look back on. Thousands and thousands of of games in in decades past and that it looks like they all like. That always looks the same. But the players are playing where they're supposed to play. The shortstop visit short stuff, the center fielders in century might be shaded a little bit, but for heaven's sake, I mean that that zit, wasn't it. I mean that, you know, the thing is that this shift the fact that the ship works is particularly annoying, but It doesn't work in the right ways that I think that's what we're arguing here. And I was I was adamantly against anything that would present a team from playing any defensive wanted to, But I've definitely come around to the other side. Now. I'd much rather see some restrictions..
KOA 850 AM
"theo epstein" Discussed on KOA 850 AM
"Now on the free I Heart Radio AB no score after two innings in Pittsburgh and of the third and Mike Rice All right. Thanks, Jack 89 and one for the Rockies Nunes Friedland and then Ta Pia against Chase, the young who has surrendered a one out walk. He came last inning. Other than that he has Retired. The other six men that he's faced. Tom Nunez left hand hitting catcher to started off in the pitch is high. I wanna know I'm with that average It won 68 5 home runs 18 RB eyes but As Jack was saying with the other guys in the lineup, Dom among those really struggling on the trip over his last 12 and the breaking pitches in for a strike. One and 12 noon. Yes. That walk was to Flint as last inning. But then a pair of fly balls by Adams and Rogers out to left field and the Rockies couldn't string any base runners together. 11 is outside and unions ahead in the count. I'm caught the opener yesterday a strikeout amongst his three at bats. Yes, the young into the wind, and the 21 pitch is hit to the right side in the shift taken by Frazier is short right field and he throws on the first and That's out number one. Rockies radio network presented by the original Louisiana brand Hot Sauce, the hot sauce of the Rockies. Here's Kyle Freeland. Well in that Theo Epstein interview with Bob Nightengale talking about trying to get some offense going again, and the shift was part of the discussion. We've seen that twice already. Real in takes a strike from the left side and Owen one he struck out in his only at bat. Against the Mets on Tuesday. Young ready back with Theo one pitch, Freeland shortens up bunts at it and pops it foul owing to uninterested in thing that Theo Epstein suggested. You know, they're talking about moving the mound back a little bit and do right, he says Baseball needs to go back to limiting the number of pictures on inactive roster. And it will force teams the pitch guys longer. Have fewer bullpen guys. Oh, two pitch swung on and missed. And that's strikeout number two for the young, two outs bases empty in the third and nothing, nothing game And here's right, Mel Toppy, because when you think about it, one of the biggest issues now is everybody throws harder. And you can throw harder when you don't have to throw as frequently. But it would change some of the Strategic aspects that the bullpen has become..
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"theo epstein" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"1000 Chicago Her too concerned Carmen to Falco. Carmen was it was moral hoody to me where Hood. He didn't understand where I was coming from yesterday. I told Chuck are fine, who went on Cap and Jay Hood on Monday. Saying that he has zero confidence that the Sox are gonna have success against the twins. Okay? That's That's what the guy said. Who is the Sox host who watched this team get built, who sat through the rebuild, who watched them arrive early, who watched them steamroll in Kansas, See who's watched them take over first place despite having a couple of injuries watched him create the best pitching staff currently in baseball. At least the way it's going right now. Most road Don has the lowest tiara in the game doesn't and and Gar find said he actually said. That he is zero confidence that the White Sox conduce anything against the 12 and 20 twins and serious baseball scarring there and Then. So they brought that up during cross talk today and hood, he said that it's easy for Sylvie to say like just because I'm a Cubs fan. I can't weigh in on socks business. And the point I made yesterday wise. I used a July day. I believe it was a July junior July day You were out that day Finn for was in and the Cubs had just lost. Ah, heartbreaking game to the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in the middle of 2015. They were still maybe a couple games above. 500 still hadn't had established themselves in this great team, but I knew it was coming. Your ass was little red at the moment, and I was red asked, and I was getting tweets from obnoxious Cardinals fans say Sylvie has your Theo Epstein. Now just face it, Sylvie. It's always going to be the same. You're never gonna win a world Syria's You're the little brother Where the big brother we're going to continue to beat you up the Cubs little late lead. It was run down on the mound back when he was there close to remember that in 2015, and then their shortstop, hit a home run that just made it to the outfield. And do you have that rant Right now? I mean, I like this ran, too. So it's just another excuse to play it, But But I want to play you this because yes, it is easy for me to say, because I said it about my own team. And let me tell you this Sox fans all right, and hoody and everyone listen up here. The twins. Ain't no cardinals. Twins, or 12 and 20 this year stink this year. Do you know that the twins have lost 18 straight playoff games? Yeah. Do you know that they have lost 18 straight playoff games? I don't believe the Minnesota Twins have won a single playoff game since 2004. This is no cardinals, who next to the Yankees have won all these world champions The Twins one in 87 91. They haven't won a world Syriza and 30 years. They haven't won a playoff game in nearly two decades. They are eight games below 500. You guys have zero confidence that the Sox couldn't do anything against this team. Going to get some more of those knots over here already? Yeah, I like the nuts. It's going to come back later, isn't it? But do you understand why you would say the same thing to me? I'm surprised you're just sitting there. And you? You don't have much on this topic. No, I think you're absolutely right. I wouldn't fear them. Well, but Silvio we talking to respect it's not a you shouldn't fear enough. But 12 in 20. It's not about being afraid. We talked about this in the item up here, not down. This is what it was. Yes, it is. It is about being afraid because Chuck are fine said and Hoody confirmed it today that he still scared of the twins. At 12 and 20. You're not looking at it. Realistically. Right now you're running from ghosts from prior years when your team sucked. I think you should hold these guys to speak for them, then it's not. I don't think it's scared. I think it's Teams and certain things about your team give you the willies. I'll call their scarred. Yeah, it's card. It's the Bulls Circus trip. It's the White Sox going out West for a week to play the A's like it's all those. Those things that have happened on a regular basis is a new day, brother. Okay, I understand that, but it's not a new day until it's too new to know that's not true. And I'll play you this. Again. This was after a heartbreaking cubs loss in 2015. They hadn't won diddley. Yet. Nothing and Cardinal fans were coming out after me. And this is the Cardinals are way better than the twins. Stick that stuff about the twins. How successful they are. They haven't won a playoff game in nearly two decades. But the Cardinals had won a world Syriza's is recent is 2011. And this was just four years removed and they were still the class of the division. And they just beat my team at Wrigley Field. And I told everyone this is that news for all you okay? Nice Cardinal fans and the mean Cardinal fans alike. We're coming for you and we will get you The.
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"theo epstein" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"News, and we have some interesting news that broke this morning on Theo Epstein, courtesy of The Wall Street Journal. Theo has a brand New gig. That's right. Theo is going to be working for a company called Arco's Partners that buys minority stakes in professional sports franchises. So hoody that he has wanted to be an owner. And right now he's working for MLB would think by working for MLB and having an into a Hedge fund, so to speak, that buys minority shares in different franchises. He's setting himself up to buy a team. Okay, let's let's you and I unpack that for a second, okay? So say. For instance, Theo wants to have a part of the Chicago Blackhawks. It would be him and partners being able to come together and get what, like a 1% of 2% share. Is that what they're looking at? We say minority share. That means maybe the minimum, obviously right. It could be You know, I know when Tom Ricketts had taken on some partners when he was financing the renovations or part of them. I think he was selling 10% share so you could buy a nice chunk of a team, but it's going to be expensive. Okay, I guess from my standpoint cap if I'm going to be an owner, I know it's a minority. Share. I need to be able have some kind of autonomy have some kind of power. Now I can get rich from this. Obviously, if I'm cherry picking this a couple of minor league teams here a NHL team, they're an MBA team here. Okay, so we have minority stakes in all of these teams, but I also want to have a say at the table. How much of a say the table When you're the majority, you could just get a chance to control everything. But to me, it's just like okay, you'll be stacking his chips. But what will he say? Well, how much say we have in these organizations? Yeah, I don't think he would have any say in these organizations usually like In the White Sox hierarchy. Jerry Reinsdorf is the on Lee voting member of the board period, and when he went to said, Hey, Jonathan, I'll sell you share the team for whatever the number was. I think it was 250 grand way back in the eighties, when he What the White Sox You get zero say if I'm going to do do something with my team, you don't have a vote. You don't want to get involved. That's fine. You want to get involved and make money. Write me a check and that's how all these guys have treated it. See from me kept. I've gotta be able to be at the table. You see, like I already have already have a lot of money that I've been able to accumulate with the Red Sox and the Cubs. I've got generational wealth. I'm good. I'd like to have a seat at the table and know that these organizations won't allow that. I'll say this. If you had your druthers, Would you rather do that? Would we just read The Wall Street Journal about Theo? Or would you rather have a fast track to be able to be an owner or fast track to be the commissioner? Eventually, at some point, Major league baseball? I think that that the real The real fast track for me is to either be a commissioner or to be on owner of a franchise at some point some team that's going to rise. Yeah, I expansion team. Yeah, I think again. I haven't talked to him in the last couple of weeks. What would you do if you're Theo? I would want to be being owner, not the commissioner. Mm hmm. I think it be amazing to put a group together like he can't buy one on his own. He's got more money. Times, 1000 and you and I ever will. But he can't write a check like Ricketts family did or whoever. Steve Cohen just did with the Mets. But I think it really intrigues him to either get an expansion team or to buy whatever franchise it is the Cleveland Indians and go. I'm the guy now that's in charge there and then build that thing the way he wants it. I think I see where you're going Cap you're saying ultimately that if you get into what he's getting into now and being a minority owner of a lot different teams, he's building capital in a position at some point to be an owner of a franchise. Right, Correct. Okay, that makes sense. So I gave it was up to you. Would you rather be the commissioner where you're beholden to the owners yet yet paid handsomely. Get it. He doesn't need a job to pay him stupid money He made. He walked away from the last year of the deal. The last contract with the Cubs from 17, 18, 19 and 20. He made almost $40 million. He lost a little with the Pay cuts during a pandemic. So let's say he made $34 million that don't include all the other money he's made. So you This is another chapter for the plan. You know you haven't closed the book. I just finished it. No, wait, there's more. And now there is more cab. You you can't you? Wait. You couldn't wait for opening day. Just wait a minute. You You're so busy trying to get this thing this extra chapter to your book the plan, But the Cubs keep doing more like where's the Jack Peterson? Paragraphs in there? Where's Theo? After the cubs, and now you settled on this job. You got mortar. Right? Sir, You got more. There is more to report Jesse Ripper. Or did last night that a lot of teams showed up and were very impressed with Jake area who's now healthy from 2019 elbow surgery at 2020. He had a serious hamstring injury. He's now healthy. And they said he looked really good Throwing. The problem is he's asking for 8 to $10 million on a one year deal. Get Cubs are paying that get out of here. I don't know who is No one's No one's giving him that in the pandemic, no object except Jerry. No shot. You guys got Carlos Road I'm back. What do you think of that? Except except Jerry? The Padres as the only two teams they'll be willing to give that plate here. Yeah, Yeah, Maybe the Blue Jays, right? What do you think about Carlos Road? Don back with white socks, Big cat. It is catch back. Cat is back on a one year $3 million. You haven't six all I saw a guy with no confidence last year. That's what I saw. And I don't want to just blame Don Cooper or recurrent real for that. I just saw a guy that just can't throw strikes. Now I could wipe the slate clean and say, Okay, this just a one year deal doesn't hurt anything. $3 million, just a mere bag of shells for Ryan's door. I was just floored by seeing that because I thought the Sox turned the page on him like you're running it back with him. Really? I want to see what his role will be. I is he as good or better than Lopez. I don't want see Ray Lopez in the back of the rotation, either. I saw nothing from him either. So I mean, I guess they'll battle it out for the fifth spot. Roldan to me cap, seeing someone that I could just bury the bullpen until I see the confidence. I have no faith in him getting it done. Hey, this hour brought to buy Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois through life's ups and downs for all the journeys ahead. You know what to bring. The car didn't kind of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois through it all. Let's go to Rufus and Naperville. He wants to talk about that. Hey, Rufus, what's up, Sparky? Happened. Hood. How are you? How are you, kid? Rufus, man, I loosen all the time. And I'm sorry, Cap. I must socks, not I and I know J voters and you don't Well, but anyway, skip it like 1972 was better than road down, wasn't he? Say that again. Hip pitch Black 1972 gods. You're too old cap. Scamp it I go back. I go back with Bill Mountain and Look, Alan and Francisco Barrios and those guys remember them. Remember? Always did. I have no idea Who the hell Skip it lock. If we'll skip in lock is actually from the seas from hillside. He went TOC. I see Catholic prep and push for the White Sox like, never heard of him. And guys, cap..
Newsradio 700 WLW
"theo epstein" Discussed on Newsradio 700 WLW
"Thinking about since last week, when Theo Epstein accepted a job with Major League Baseball. He was hired as a consultant to Quote on field matters and that is directed towards a sport that's considering ways to create more action and more pace to the game. And he said, We need to find a way to get more action in the game. Get balls in play more often allow players to show their athletic athletic ability more often and give fans more of what they want. So how do you do that? Because what baseball has learned over the course of time, and Theo says he's guilty of it. He led the evolution of all of it, He says. Executives like me. We we spent a lot of time using analytics and other measures. To optimize individual and team performances, and that has unwittingly led to a negative impact on held the game looks. I used the phrase cracking the code. They cracked the code through through the analytics. A run expectancy. You, you name it. The defensive metrics. The were you're going to shift. There's so much information now that's good. But it's it's so good and has revealed so much. Two teams about the way to go about doing it. The way it looks in doing it isn't very pleasing. And that's the push and pull like, why would you not want to use the information? If you know this gives you the better chance to win. And yet what gives you the.
Sports 600 ESPN
"theo epstein" Discussed on Sports 600 ESPN
"Manager Jared Quarter sent explicit unsolicited text and images to a female reporter in 2016, according to a copy of the text history obtained by ESPN. The techs were from five years ago. The story broke a night ago and within 12 hours the Mets and fired Jared Porter as their general managers time for straight talk right to buy straight talk wireless Mets president Sandy Alderson saying Tuesday. He will make sure the team does a better job in vetting potential hires. Look, I was shocked. You know, we got references from a variety of organizations, a number of individuals, people who have known him for a long time people who endorsed him who knew him from his earliest days in college. There wasn't really a dissenting voice. So from my standpoint, I was I was shocked. And, you know, eventually that gives away to disappointment, then a little bit of anger, but it was a total surprise to us. I don't think we would have hired Jerry. If we'd known about the conduct before. And in fact, I know we wouldn't have. And the question is, Should we have known and we did a background check? You know, we asked the question, you know? Is there anything else we need to know? You know, it wasn't pointed about social media or something of that sort. But You know, given the length of time that's transpired between the Syrians of incidents. And now I'm confident that you know this is not something that we should have known about. Should have found out about. It had used other means to inquire that we would have known about it. To my knowledge. None of the other organizations in which shared was employed knew about this either. It was a threat of sexually explicit and unsolicited texts from Porter, who was then with the Cubs to a female foreign correspondent. The Mets, as you heard say, they didn't know about it. One of the explanations for that is the reporter did not come forward previously only agreeing to speak with ESPN at this point. Because she's left the business. ESPN. Israel Gutierrez just how fearful women have to be in these situations. Is this being an example of her having the text receipts and still not exposing him until after she left? The business shows you how fearful you have to be or you are gonna be in that situation, The more these stories get exposed. Hopefully, the more men men and power but men in general, remember too. Hey, respect the other person because you're going to get exposed for who you are. And now you know now that we have the technology to do so it's more and more likely to have Israel. You say that And I appreciate you saying that it took somebody This takes my breath away, leaving the business That was the on Lee way She was going to come forward with this. It tells you just how fearful like I said, it tells you how fearful they are in these situations and how serious it is. A lot of these men take these situations. Way too flippantly and look what we're talking about here. Somebody who held onto this to preserve her career when really, she did not have to do that. Telling that there's been no avenue for women and ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza says. She had a range of emotions when she learned of the story it's hard to describe. It's a combination of sadness, frustration. Things have to change. And there's so many women that have similar stories, but they don't speak up. They're afraid to. And to be honest, there's there's so few women and baseball And then the few that are there that are round or discouraged, are deterred by my actions like this, And and so for me, it's a combination of of knowing that this is out there that the culture has not changed. And to be honest, that we need more women to be involved in the sport because she had no one to turn to. She had no one to be able to go to for support for help because everyone around her woman And Jessica. I wonder as a reporter. What's it like to try to develop business relationships with management or even with players and to not have that contact misconstrued? All right, It's it's one of the toughest things. I mean. I went through it this last year, the most because with the pandemic, you know, we're not at the stadium were not able to be around the clubhouse, the batting cage your normal ways of having contacted just going up to a player and saying, Hey, what are you working on? What's going on? You know, you rely a lot on phone numbers on being able to contact people in a way that more so now this last year than we ever did before I'm someone that had an experience a few years back where I got a phone number from a player to talk about a book club. That he was talking about. I want to follow up and I was told. Hey, you know this player basically misunderstood that you wanted to go out and it made me realize I can't get phone numbers. I can't ask for that. And it hurt me this last year because I didn't have a way of getting hold of anybody And it's It's frustrating. There's been so many times, Ryan or like, I just wish I was a dude. I could be like, Hey, can I get your phone number so I could talk to you about your swing? What? You're working on the off season free agency all of these things But unfortunately you worry about putting out there the wrong message. That's President Sandy Alderson Tuesday, calling it a wake up call, and he's pushed back on the notion that MLB needs to be involved. But Jared Porter was an executive with the Cubs when the texts were sent. Chicago on Mondays, saying the club was unaware the ESPN story, noting the reporter connected with the Cubs employee at the time that employee confirmed He knows Porter in the woman and that he discussed the situation with both even question her numerous times as to whether she planned to file a lawsuit against Porter, which would suggest the organization knew The Cubs, their employees. They did have an employee that was aware of it, and you mentioned the commissioner's office right now. Theo Epstein, who was running the Chicago Cubs, he's serving as a special advisor to the commissioner of baseball. I'd be very interested to hear what baseball has to say about Frank I sold earlier on around the horn. See where it goes from here at the Major League Baseball level straight talk wireless, no contract. No compromise. One thing that could stop Aaron Rodgers and the Packers That's next SportsCenter all night. It's ESPN radio..
KNBR The Sports Leader
"theo epstein" Discussed on KNBR The Sports Leader
"You know, and he actually that's a big hits in the playoffs and whatnot. But my point being is that a catcher can get rushed. A catcher can be rushed. And and they always say when you signed a contract, one of the fastest ways to get to the big leagues as a catcher, or as a relief pitcher, But for a catcher, you know you can't skip The stepping stone of learning how to deal with the speed of the games that changes and it gets faster. And clearly we saw that last year you look, we all as scouts. Every fan is a scout, and we all last year saw the talent. I mean, the size the power when the ball came off, his bad was like, hold. My God. He was hitting harder than anybody that the arm was. You know, the big league arm. But then you started Tol. What? Well, you know, from from a catching perspective, you know he wasn't quite there yet, You know, but consider that they changed them. Changed them. Who did? They had him down on one knee down to a lower set something he'd never done before. I mean, it takes time. And then you know there was there was problems with him, giving the sign to pictures. He couldn't get the sign down fast enough. You know that sign is incredibly important. Catchers when you know a picture, and this is something that talked about enough one thing Buster Posey does. He can get a guy's rhythm going and you always look at him the way you put to sign down and the pitch that he suggests. It always seems to feed the rhythm of the play of the picture there times he'll go down there. He'll sit and you want to give a sign. Slowing the guy down. But when a guy's in a role when he puts down that finger, that guy seldom shakes it off. He feeds that rhythm by how he puts that sign down. It doesn't matter if there's a runner set doesn't matter what Syriza signs that he rolls it into its one thing that he's absolutely genius about. He feeds the rhythm of a pitcher. If you think back about the times that the pictures had big time problems trying to get the sign from from Barney just Johnny Cueto. I mean, there were times when he really got frustrated, and it was something that he needs to learn to do. He needs to get better at that. So the more we watched them, the more we saw. You know how there were areas that he needed to improve upon. There's not anybody. Watched Johnny's baseball last year that watch Bart That didn't think my God, this guy is gonna be fantastic. He just needs time to develop. So you know they're going to do that this year. They're going to give him that time and in regards to Patrick Bailey. That's gonna be a great competition. Toe watches. Those two guys get up towards the big leagues. I don't know if Bailey's gonna wind up being a catcher. I don't know Bart's gonna want to be the kitchen. I don't know. But those are options because those guys are both talented. I haven't seen Bailey. I've heard everything about him. It's all good. He's He's an advanced player, and it's exciting to have those guys in the in the organization. But, Bart, I would not trade bar and this is I think about baseball. You know what a guy struggles at the big league level? And you see a guy's talented his Bart. Everybody around the league starts to sent a little bit of an opportunity. Maybe the Giants might not see this guy is developing. Maybe it's our opportunity to get him in there and and and get this guy in our organization. Now there's not a team in the game that doesn't want your barn. Let's put it that way. Get stuff, man. It would be really fun to watch and and and who knows if the D H. In the National League arrives. That could be a spot for Bart or Bailey or both. Or whatever. So hey, last one for you, Mike is this uh, this news about Theo Epstein joining the MLB front office? As an on field consultant. And this is notable because he famously gave a quote when he left the Cubs saying that maybe we have Change the game in the wrong direction, and he indicated, you know for us old school guys, he said. Maybe you know the ball hasn't been in play as much in strikeouts are are now not even considered a problem. And he said, Maybe we need to sort of remember the entertainment factor this game. They're pretty strong statement from a guy who's a young You know, forefront of the analytics type of guy, and now he goes the MLB office. And I'm just wondering if this is something that, you know. Keep an eye on like, would there be changes? I mean, for example, people have talked about Would you ban the shift? You know, Because you know, gets more balls in play because somebody else would say just hit away from the shift. You know, Don't Beat the shit by hitting away from it. But you have you. You know this caught your eye and all that Theo Epstein's going to MLB and could Swing the pendulum back a little bit from this three True outcome baseball that we're watching. Well, I mean, I already know how you could do that. I mean, I guess you could limit the shift teams. They're still going to try and, you know, take advantage of a shift because of all the numbers they put up. Look, there's two things that really significant, I think, and it really I love feel lasting. I mean, he's a Hall of Famer, but what he's done, um I think in his generation, I think the two most significant general managers have been feel Epstein and Brian save me. And I think what they've done is just remarkable, you know, and to have him in the front office to give it another perspective, I think is essential and he'll give us perspective on a lot of things, but I think that One of the things you start talking about shift and start talking about home runs and strikeouts. I think they go back to one thing. Hitters are not making the adjustment. Based on situation based on the defense that's been given them based on the two strikes scenario to traditionally, hitters would would had more bad control. You see guys out there playing pepper every day, working on putting the barrel that bound the ball moving the ball around, pushing it pulling it doing skills with the bat head. You don't ever see that anymore. I skipped the ballpark now and all they're doing is trying to lift and celebrate end and separate and they're trying to hit home runs. That's all they do. They don't make adjustments in two strikes situations. They don't take a little swing out and try and punch the bone left side of the infield. When the defense is opened it up. I think all of that is in control of the hitters. When they want to make adjustments to beat the ship with their swings. They can do it tomorrow when they want to make adjustments to try and improve their team batting average then and make some adjustments with two strikes. They can do that tomorrow. I don't think that Theo Epstein Is he could could even suggest something where the hitters were actually take that seriously. But I hope at some point hitters do. I hope they go back that way, And I I I'm really anxious to see the impact that the UFC is gonna have on the front office. But knowing him, it's going to be an impact of some sort, he says. His quote, he says, I want to make the game as entertaining an action packed as possible for the fans may sounds like he wants to institute some changes. Yeah. Mike, You wanna get no power struggle of your rob Manfred and you go to the You know, you go to the break room to get a donut..
WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"theo epstein" Discussed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"To make a couple safety Marchand and Nik Richie scored in regulation, Bees and Devils. We'll meet again tomorrow Shorthanded. Celtics will return to the Garden tonight. Toast The Magic after having three games postponed by Corona virus concerns. Sees won't have Jason Tatum, Robert Williams or Carson Edwards and probably others, and Kevin Walker remains out due to a knee injury. But they all start practice yesterday and said he feels better than he did during the postseason over the summer, and former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein is joining Major League Baseball as a consultant regarding on field matters will focus on how various rule changes might impact the game. Adam Kaufman, WBC Boston's news radio, Right, Adam 6 13. Let's check the roads. Now we do this every 10 minutes, traffic and weather together on the cost of a holiday weekend. Let's check in with Lori Grandee and the Subaru Retailers of New England all wheel drive traffic on the threes. You said the word cusp. I'm gonna try to use that today. North bound Expressway is really jamming up now on the cusp of our morning commute. It's slow going to Pontus Circle to South Hampton Street also got some problems right now on 25 west bonuses and wear him. Two lanes are blocked the right in the center lanes are blocked and wear him by Glenn Charlie wrote. It's a collision. Two cars involved there. All right, Let's check out the mass pike. Now it David Stressful, you know, on the WBC news radio road rig for it. No problems on the mass pike around the cusp of Worcester. It's 17 minutes from 2 92 4 95 remains clear beyond that, with mostly light traffic past the Native Service Plaza and Route 16 David Straka Lino WBC news Radio Road report. 93 is looking pretty good for us so far and over on and just starting to see that building volume down around the lever connector. It's getting thick game kind of thick. I'll tell you right now. Getting on to store or drive with the Tobin is still okay and we had some problems earlier in the Callahan Tunnel. That breakdown has been cleared out of there, and things are moving well. So far. No complaints on the tea. Laurie Granddad built the busiest traffic on.
WGN Radio
"theo epstein" Discussed on WGN Radio
"At capital, we're bringing our aggressive Operational capabilities and deep investigative and intelligence expertise to next week's inaugurations about 20,000 National Guard members are expected in Washington after last week's violent and deadly attack on the U. S Capitol in Chicago Teen is facing first degree murder charges in last month's deadly attempted Carjacking in Bridgeport, a 16 year old boys being charged as an adult with first degree murder and attempted Carjacking. Last month, 33 year old Schweig one was in his SUV just steps from his home when another vehicle drove up with the teen inside. Police say he demanded wants keys and shot him after he was unable to put the car in drive. At a hearing today, prosecutors said At the time of the teen's arrest, he was being held in juvenile detention after being charged in three separate recent Carjacking incidents. A judge ordered him held without bond. More lap. Good. WGN NEWS, WGN Sports Here's Kevin Powell. Thank you. Kim Urban Meyer did nothing but when as a coach in college football, winning three national titles with a win percentage over 85% Always giving the NFL a try Urban Meyer Green to a contract to coach the Jaguars. He last coach at Ohio State, leaving after the 2018 season will try and bring some of that success he had in college to Jacksonville. They own the top draft pick. For now, The Bears have the 20th pick. The NHL's condensed 56 game season is underway. Hawks dropping their opener last night to Tampa. We'll get another shot at the Lightning tomorrow night. There's Dominique Kubelik on playing a season with games being played just about every other day to talk to I would think what would happen the night before, so so just gotta shake it off and the be ready for the next one. Let's play tomorrow night here on WGN At 5 30 College basketball tonight, Indiana host Purdue and Theo Epstein joining the commissioner's office as a consultant for on field matters. Evaluate possible rule changes. He'll work with Commissioner Rob Manfred, the owners, Competition Committee and analytics experts. I'm Kevin Powell, WGN SPORTS On now the W G M forecast. We'll see. Cloudy conditions with snow showers off and on for Friday. Friday's high temperature 34 Saturday about a 30% chance for snow. Mainly early in the day Saturdays High 35 on Sunday about a 40% chance for snow. We're up to 31 by the afternoon. They're dry. Partly cloudy on Monday. Monday's high temperature 30, and for Tuesday we'll have a 30% chance for Snow may be mixing with some rain high temperature right around freezing. I'm WGN meteorologist Dimitrius Ivory. Your money on w g.
77WABC Radio
"theo epstein" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"Conditions like cancer, diabetes, kidney failure, severe obesity, But the state's two million smokers are no ahead of some essential workers like teachers. And that doesn't sit well with some folks put someone on a list ahead. Of these people that are volunteering to put their own health on the line is outrageous. But Governor Phil Murphy says The federal government will no longer be holding back doses were confident and taking these steps. I'm Sara Lee Kessler for 77 w. ABC News NHL Season openers tonight. The Rangers with the Garden hosting the Islanders, the Devil's home against the Bruins. Theo Epstein, joining Major League Baseball's front office, a long time Red Sox and Cubs executive being named a consultant regarding on field matters. WBC news time 705 traffic and transit on the way. Hey, Forecasting the Ramseys Subaru Weather Center tonight Partly cloudy low 36 Tomorrow cloudy with afternoon and evening showers. High 46 41 Partly cloudy in Central Park. It's 42 flushing. I'm Bob brown streaming at home on your smart speakers. Just say play 77 w A. B. C. W A B C traffic in transit Big jam up on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn eastbound or bumper to bumper from the various An overreach Auntie Chelle Road with an accident West bounce of rubber thinking. Also, there's a stalled vehicle on the outbound. Go Wanna supporting 39th Street? Traffic is very heavy. You're out down for Flushing Avenue out to 39th Street. Got an accident in Jersey on Route four. Eastbound right around Overpeck Avenue in the Teaneck area, trafficked on four is jammed due east and westbound coming in through that area. And also we're looking at delays in the Bronx West ban.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"theo epstein" Discussed on WBZ NewsRadio 1030
"On the practice court today and they're scheduled to get back in the game action tomorrow night against the Magic. But after having their last three games postponed because of covert 19 testing and contact, tracing, head coach Brad Stevens said today, the team has nothing to complain about. You know the rest of worlds dealing with that and every which way so for us to complain about it. Or to say, Hey, I got a call and said practice was canceled and for me to complain about it, I think would be, you know, insensitive to everything else that's going on in the world. The Bruins will open up their 2021 season tonight against new divisional foe the New Jersey Devils at seven. And Major League Baseball's named Theo Epstein, a consultant to the commissioner. Regarding on field matters. Brian Antonelli, WBZ Boston's news radio, 3, 13 traffic and weather together, the Subaru retailers have New England all wheel drive traffic. Other three's north south. We got problems like Yeah, well, it's usually the expressway and it is very busy right now. Sell found, in fact, is just grinding along here out of the tunnel down to South Bay and then more brake lights from granted, half down to the Braintree split. We're looking at almost a half an hour. Boston to Braintree. Now North. Fallon's backed up shortly after Furnace Brook Parkway, a passing upon zit circle, and then it's pretty good after that, in North Quincy, a section of Hancock Street shut down this afternoon, right by the North Quincy T station. It's a water main break being worked on. So they've got that portion of Handcock Shut down. Watch for those detours, most likely through the day room three South. Yeah, you're on the brakes coming off the expressway, but it's not bad After that. The lower ends of 1, 28 and 93 year off to a pretty good start right now up to the north. However, 1 28 North found is Crawling through 38 up past 93. We'll burn. That's couple of miles. They're 93 North is really slow going off the second bridge onto the upper deck. It's that exit for Sullivan Square that's jammed up. It's because there's utility work going on Cambridge Street just before Sullivan Square. They've got the left lane closed there. Now farther up on 93. It's gonna be slow for a while, through Medford and some more brake lights of past Concord Street as well. My king WBZ traffic on.
PTI
Theo Epstein Resigns From Cubs, Ending 9-Year Tenure In Chicago
"Theo epstein the most accomplished general manager in baseball one who guided the red sox and the cubs world championships after eighty six years. And one hundred. Eight years of droughts is leaving the cubs epstein had hinted this for awhile and came as no surprise to clubs owner. Tom ricketts epstein ran the cubs for nine years and made the cubs at sustained contender making the playoffs. Five times epsteins red sox were perennial contenders of well. There is of course immediate speculation that epstein could end up with the mets or the phillies would have seen is telling friends and associates intends to spend this coming season working with nonprofits baseball team. F seen said quote. I do plan on having a third chapter leading a baseball visitation. Someday the why do not expect it to be next year unquote.
WBZ Midday News
Theo Epstein stepping down as Cubs president
"Red Sox related, the former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein has stepped down as the Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations. No word why, but in a statement, Theo said, is the right decision for him, even if it's a difficulty, one All right. We also understand that stepping
After Hours With Amy Lawrence
Cubs reach deal with 7-time All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel
"Did you know the cubs are third in major league baseball with eleven blown saves third worst when it comes to blown saves in baseball eleven of them just for a second there think about how different their record could look if they didn't blow half of those games. Let's say they only have five blown saves. You're talking about already getting to forty wins being among the best, not just in the National League. But in major league baseball. And so to address this issue. Theo Epstein of the cubs goes out and finally gives Craig kimbrel. A new home Craig kimbrel who wanted to be a hundred million dollar man has settled, I'm using air quotations here. He settled for a three year deal option for a fourth forty three million dollars. Was it worth the seven-month awake? Well, only Craig kimbrel cancer that question. Seven months of free agency probably a ton of angst. But he'll earn ten billion to go through the rest of this season with the Chicago Cubs, and then fifteen million dollars each in twenty twenty and then twenty twenty one. It's I think a huge bargain for the cubs. When you consider what he was asking for right? Part of the reason that he was unsigned for so long is because it's asking price. He wanted it to be seven figures seven figures, he wanted to be nine figures. It's only eight math. He wanted two hundred million. But there was no team out there willing to give him that. I think it's better to play baseball for forty three million then to not play baseball at all. But what do I know? Hill report to the cubs for his physical on Thursday and the idea right now is that he'll be ready to pitch within two weeks? The scene had made comments after the news broke before he did admit that they had interest in Craig kimbrel, and that it was kind of a bonus for them. This point in the season. There are usually quality free agents. Just lying
Roe Conn
Carl Edwards, Theo Epstein And Miami discussed on Roe Conn
"In Miami. Major league baseball is investigating racist. Messages sent to cubs reliever. Carl Edwards junior on Instagram this month Edwards was option to Tripoli Iowa FDR trouble with this motion got off to a tough start to the season. Theo Epstein condemn Z message messages and says he supports major league
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Yu Darvish of Chicago Cubs will miss rest of the season with elbow, triceps injuries
"We must have must address Darvish done for the season It's not a stress fracture but it's the the. Preliminary feelings of stress fracture he's out six weeks will put him to. The end of the year no more Yu Darvish for. The Chicago, Cubs this season and the I guess the good part is the ligament that was repaired from his. Tommy John surgery is fine so he will not. Need any Tommy John surgery he'll just have to deal with this and should be back for next year because the philosophy is if he has, to have Tommy John surgery he's out, for a whole 'nother year then you lose him for two years essentially of his contract and then. Futures up in the, air but now you know it's not. That he was being soft there was there's something wrong something was found and gave reason to. Why he was in pain and this is why you Darvish may very well in a short matter of time become one of the most polarizing players for us to watch Chicago sports fans since Jay Cutler Because we until now haven't known whether or not he was actually hurt or if he couldn't handle the moment right and that allows people, to speculate on the character of the, player now he's hurt so he's going to be done for the season but it's something that's always. Going to be in, the back of your mind as he. Comes back from rehabbing this into next season will ever pitch in a big game for the. Chicago Cubs
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"The atlanta braves you will already winners this afternoon take top three teams the braves the phillies and the nationals all separated by three games starting the day in the national league east i'm kevin winter baseball tonight on espn radio told you earlier the yankees lost in walk off fashion to the tampa bay rays they got swept game went extra innings in in the top of the tenth inning gary sanchez was trying to beat out a ground ball and he got hurt or this manager aaron boone after the game growing hip hip abductor so he's probably a deal mri and stuff here tomorrow and then get a more clear diagnosis but it's it's we think it's probably going to be a deal situation higashi yoga the guy then you would probably be the guy here and growing those typically take some time to heal i mean it just depends of the severity of it and we'll know a lot more clear tomorrow and have a better idea time line to then philadelphia phillies will be the opponents tomorrow for the new york yankees they will have three games in philadelphia and the yankees will host the red sox coming up this weekend you'll have the game saturday and sunday right here audience via radio but again gary sanchez left the game with an injury as his manager aaron boone says likely headed to the disabled list i'm coming up next what are the games youngest stars gets evaluated by one of the game's greatest.