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Theo Epstein Reiterates Luxury Tax Didn’t Factor in Offseason Planning

A 3-8 start has a funny way of creating a lot of tension and casting a slightly different light on Cubdom. It also has a way of creating a vortex in which the same general questions have to be asked at least five separate times of each important party in the organization. Tom Ricketts was asked about the slow start and money issues when he joined 670 The Score ahead of Monday’s home opener, and Theo Epstein got his turn to do the same Thursday.

Not that the content of the interview is an indictment of either Danny Parkins or Matt Spiegel, who was standing in for Dan McNeil on the drive-time show.