Cubs president of the baseball operations Theo Epstein is rewarding his department for a successful season during the playoffs.
On Wednesday night the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates to punch their ticket to the National League Divisional Series. It means the Cubs will be hosting postseason baseball at Wrigley Field for the first time in roughly seven years.
It’s a big moment for the long-suffering Cubs organization, that is being rebuilt under president of the baseball operations Theo Epstein and manager Joe Maddon. Epstein isn’t one to accept all the credit for, he knows that this team’s success stems from the hardwork of his team.
And Epstein is going out of his way to reward them.
“Watching this Cubs team play, what it means to be a Cub in 2015, I often think back to the long hours in those hotel rooms figuring out what it was we wanted to be, how we were going to get where, what we wanted to teach and all the different people who contributed to that in some small way, it’s really special for them,” Epstein said, via the Chicago Tribune. “So we’ve actually invited all our full-time baseball operations staff, all the scouts and all our development people, when we host that first game at Wrigley, Game 3.
“They’ll all be there with their wives, which will be a really cool moment because they were all a part of it. Looking out on the product they helped create, a beautiful, fall evening at Wrigley Field would be pretty special.”
In the Tribune’s article, Maddon also praised the savvy additions of certain veterans by the baseball operations department to bring together a well-rounded team and creating a solid clubhouse culture.
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