Theo Epstein, President of Baseball Operations (Photo by Joel Auerbach/Getty Images)
Some came close to leading the Chicago Cubs to the promised land but until Theo Epstein was hired no one did what needed to be done.
The Cubs were the punch line of jokes, they were the Loveable Losers, some believed they were cursed by the owner of a bar with a barnyard animal or by a random stray black cat. They were certainly affected by absentee owners, some poor front office operations and lousy field managers.
They are no longer the Lovable Losers and there is a reason for that.