Theo Epstein on NEVER TOLD Game 7 story, building Cubs World Series roster | Ross & Rizzo

Former Chicago Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein join Anthony Rizzo and David Ross to discuss joining the Cubs from the Boston Red Sox, bringing Rizzo to Chicago, developing baseball players, the MLB Draft, hiring Joe Maddon, and building the Cubs roster piece by piece, including players like Jon Lester, Dexter Fowler, and Aroldis Chapman. He also gets into the Cubs’ 2016 MLB playoffs run, including beating the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NLCS and the seven-game battle against the Cleveland Indians in the World Series. Plus, don’t miss Epstein’s never-before-told story from the infamous Game 7 rain delay. Timeline: 00:00 - Theo Epstein joins! 01:20 - Coming over from Red Sox & building Cubs culture 14:20 - Red Sox drafting Rizzo & joining Cubs 18:00 - How Cubs tried to develop players 24:06 - Improving facilities & processes with Cubs 27:00 - Building the World Series team 31:00 - Acquiring Joe Maddon 35:45 - Drafting strategy & success 39:30 - Bringing in Jon Lester 42:00 - Trading for Dexter Fowler 47:15 - How Theo changed Rossy’s career 51:00 - Most adversity Cubs faced in 2016 54:00 - Acquiring Chapman 59:48 - When Theo left the stadium before Cubs comeback 01:06:50 - How tight the Cubs front office was 01:11:30 - Beating Dodgers to get to World Series 01:13:40 - World Series stories 01:18:20 - Theo’s INSANE Game 7 story 01:22:00 - Winning Game 7 01:25:30 - Falling off the bus 01:26:00 - What Theo is most proud of in Chicago Make the ballpark feel like a day at the beach. Corona. La Playa Awaits. https://www.coronausa.com/pages/exper... All lines provided by ‪@hardrockbet‬ Follow The Lovable Reunion on social:   / lovablereunion     / lovablereunion   https://x.com/LovableReunion   / @lovablereunion   #mlb #chicagocubs #baseball