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Tag: Leadership

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Theo, Fortune Magazine, and Good Fortune

by Ken Schultz April 7, 2017

Like many of you, my offseason is not complete until I pick up my number one source for sophisticated baseball analysis and accurate season predictions: Fortune Magazine. So it was with no small amount of enthusiasm that I received this year’s Fortune Baseball Preview and saw Theo Epstein’s face gracing the cover. I quickly sped […]

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Jason Heyward’s Unquestionable Leadership

by Ken Schultz November 9, 2016

When it comes to legendary moments in Cubs history, Jason Heyward’s World Series Game 7 speech will go down as the single greatest rain delay performance of all time. This is hardly a controversial position–although I should probably apologize for inspiring the string of profanity just heard by anyone within listening range of Gary Pressy. […]

Tags: Jason Heyward, Leadership, Postseason, World Series |
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Heyward Flashing Sixth Tool in Early Going in Chicago

by Leigh Coridan March 31, 2016

Marketers know the trick about hype is that a little goes a long way. Too much hype becomes a vehicle for disappointment.  Jason Heyward, the highest paid Cub in history playing on the most eagerly anticipated team of 2016, is sitting securely in the excessive hype danger zone. And, unfortunately for him, it feels like […]

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MLB: Chicago Cubs at Miami Marlins

Respected Ross Putting Experience to Work

by Rian Watt September 25, 2015

When David Ross signed with the Cubs two days before Christmas, 2014, few expected him to bring much to the table with his bat in the new season. That’s good; low expectations have thereby saved thousands of fans from disappointment. Ross has put up a .211 TAv over 168 plate appearances in 2015, which is […]

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