Après le "départ" de l'entraîneur Terry Francona, ce serait autour du directeur Theo Epstein de quitter le Red Sox. Il laisserait une franchise qui a une longue histoire pour une autre pour travailler pour une autre. On annoncerait bientôt son départ pour Chicago où il tenterait de mettre fin à une disette des Cubs qui n'ont pas gagner les séries mondiales depuis 1908! À Boston, Epstein et Francona avaient contribué à mettre fin au "curse of the Bambino" (86 ans) en 2004. Ils avaient également gagné en 2007.
"Unless John Henry has sufficiently recovered from a recent yacht mishap to the degree that he can hop on his white horse to save the day, Theo Epstein is on his way to running the Chicago Cubs.
What we know, for now, is that baseball sources have confirmed that Epstein is on the cusp of leaving his job as general manager of the Red Sox [team stats] to accept a position with the Chicago Cubs that is believed to include powers greater than he has in Boston, with an announcement expected to be made “within the next 24 to 48 hours.”
The hang-up in the negotiations has been twofold. First, Red Sox ownership was still hoping to have Epstein remain with the team. The second issue is compensation: If Epstein is to leave, said one source with knowledge of the negotiations, the Red Sox are going to want “something real.”"
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