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- Updated: December 8, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Theo Epstein, Cubs president of baseball operations, turned down invitations to late-night talk shows after the team’s historic World Series championship, and he hasn’t been asked to be a grand marshal for any parades, the way Ben Zobrist and David Ross have done.
Epstein is enjoying the euphoric feeling in Chicago following the Cubs’ dramatic seven-game Series, which ended the longest championship drought in professional sports.
“Being around Chicago was wonderful,” Epstein said on Wednesday at the Winter Meetings. “So many people coming up and saying, ‘Thank you.’ I think David Ross was the first one to point out that everyone was saying ‘Thank you’ and not ‘Congratulations,’ which I think reflects the tremendous gratitude everyone has and how personally they feel the …
