American - Businessman | December 29, 1973 -
Whoever your boss is, or your bosses are, they have 20 percent of their job that they just don't like.
Theo Epstein
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Watching the Dodgers perform at a really high level is a nice reminder to us as to how high the bar is.
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You have years where most things go your way, and you have years where more things than usual seem like a challenge.
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There are certainly times when baseball is much more than bread and circus, times when baseball resonates deeply and meaningfully with many, many people, and times when a game that is built around overcoming failure can teach us all a few important lessons.
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The 'Chicago Sun-Times,' I remember, ran a full-page, front-page photo-shop of me walking on water across Lake Michigan, as if by showing up I was going to miraculously fix the team's fortunes. Imagine their disappointment, then, when I announced a long-term rebuilding plan focused on acquiring young players and winning in five years.
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When something goes wrong on the field, we expect our players to take the blame, step up, and proactively assume the blame for it, even if it's not their fault. That's the way to be a good teammate.
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We knew the 2017-18 offseason would be one of our most challenging. We've known that for a long time.
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You don't want to make a living or habit out of trying to solve your problems with high-price pitching free agents because over the long run, there's so much risk involved that you really can hamstring your organization.
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It stinks to give up a good player. But if you think that way, you'll never make any trades. You have to focus on what you're getting back.
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If the seller has a player that they think is going to have a lot of value, they're aware of it, protect that value. You have to go get it. That's the way the trade market works.
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You're not always going to get the outcomes you feel like your talent deserves, that you feel like the big picture deserves. And what's real is how do you respond in those situations?
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I tend to solicit opinions from all those around me. I like to hear opinions and the rationale behind it from everybody in the room. Perhaps it's the result of going to law school and using the Socratic method.
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