Surrounded by reporters, Theo Epstein stopped the interview for a moment to jump up and down to “Ando En La Versace,” Starlin Castro’s walk-up song that gets the 40,000-plus at Wrigley Field rhythmically clapping in unison.
Now soaked in champagne, the Cubs had just eliminated the hated St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night, advancing to the National League championship series a year after losing 89 games (which actually felt like real progress).
Cubs fans have a love/hate relationship with Castro, who signed with the organization nine years ago as a teenager out of the Dominican Republic, getting a $45,000 bonus and rocketing through the system, never spending a full season on the Double-A level and playing zero Triple-A games.