“Five years ago, Theo Epstein took a job that even his friends called career suicide. A boy genius who had guided the Boston Red Sox to their first World Series victory in 86 years, Epstein chose to double down on that feat — by agreeing in 2011 to lead the colossally vexed Chicago Cubs, whose fruitless quest of a World Series championship dates to 1908, when they last won it.” The NYT’s Bill Pennington on Theo Epstein’s quest to do the impossible in baseball. Twice.