Mlbpark [펌] 테오 엡스타인 단장의 이야기

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보스톤 팬포럼과 엠팍을 주무대로 활동하시는 우리카페 회원님의 글입니다. 좋은 글

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죄송합니다. 귀차니즘의 압박으로 인해 번역을 다 하진 않겠고(죄송;; ^^;;) 대략 줄거리만 말씀드리겠습니다. 테오 엡스타인 단장은 2002년 11월 26일 보스턴 단장으로 임명되었습니다. 그때 그의 나이가 28세였구요, 메이저리그 역사사상 최연소 단장입니다. 렌디 스미스가 그 전에는 29살의 나이로 단장이 되어서(파드레스 단장) 최연소였는데 그 기록을 갈아치웠죠. 1) 테오 엡스타인의 할아버지는 '카사블랑카' 를 썼고, 오스카 상을 탔습니다. 2) 테오는 어렸을때부터 야구를 너무나 좋아해서 5살도 되기 이전에 야구방망이를 들고나가 공을 치곤했죠. 3) 테오에게는 놀랍게도 쌍둥이가 있는데요, 이란성인듯합니다. 그의 쌍둥이의 이름은 펄입니다. 4) 그의 아버지인 레즐리 엡스타인은 보스턴 대학의 교수입니다. 5) 그는 고등학교때 야구와 축구를 했습니다. 6) 그의 대단한 아버지(?)는 말이죠, 테오와 펄이 1분동안 티비를 본다고 가정했을때, 1분동안 책을 읽게했습니다. 그들이 3시간짜리 레드삭스 게임을 보려면 3시간동안 책을 먼저 읽어야했던거죠. (대단합니다) 테오의 말로는 그것때문에 초등학교를 졸업하기도 전에 웬만한 고전문학들은 다 읽어보았다고하네요. 그는 맨처음에 그게 정말 싫었지만 나중엔 도움이 되었다고. 7) 그는 책읽는게 싫어서 가끔가다 그의 방문을 잠그고 책 페이지를 몇시간동안 열심히 대강 넘긴뒤 레드삭스의 게임을 보았다고 하네요. 8) 그의 할아버지가 탄 오스카상은 그의 가문의 영광이기도했지만, 여자를 꼬실때 유용하게 씌였다고 ( -_-;;;; ) 하네요. 하긴 테오가 한인물하죠. 9) 2년전에 그는 리듬기타를 배웠고 그의 친구와 집의 지하실에서 연습을 한다네요. 10) 네 그는 예일대를 나왔습니다.( 머리 좋군요) 예일대에서 그는 학교 신문의 스포츠 에디터였습니다. 11) 센디에이고 대학에서 법학교를 다녔다고 하네요. 12) 그가 센디에이고에서 인턴으로 루치노 밑에 있을때 인상깊게 본 선수가 베리 지토 라네요. 12) 그가 단장이 되었을때 많은사람들이 그가 그냥 레리 루치노의 허수아비일 뿐이라고했죠. 하지만 테오는 그런 사람들의 말을 모두 잠재웠고 그말이 사실이 아니라는걸 강조하였습니다. 13) 그가 그의 아버지와 그의 쌍둥이와 레드삭스 게임을 보러갈땐 책도 함께 ( -_-;;) 들고갔답니다. 그의 쌍둥이는 3회쯤이면 하이라이트 잡지를 펼쳐놓고 보고있고 테오는 그냥 9이닝 동안 점수가 어떻게 되어가는지 알아놓았다고. BOSTON (AP) — Long before Theo Epstein was born, the phrase that describes his challenge as the youngest general manager in baseball history was written in a screenplay by two of his relatives. 'Here's looking at you, kid,' grandfather Phillip and grand-uncle Julius Epstein wrote in 'Casabalanca.' Now, Theo is the kid being looked at very closely by passionate Boston Red Sox fans. What, they ask, will he do to bring the team its first World Series title since 1918? Theo Epstein is the youngest GM in major league history. By Charles Krupa, AP How, they wonder, did this clean-cut prodigy who grew up a mile from Fenway Park and doesn't turn 29 until three days before the new year, get to the point where he can decide the futures of Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra, free agents after the 2004 season? A home video of Theo in Central Park is a clue to how it all began and where it would lead. Not yet 5 years old, he is shown hitting a wiffle ball with a bat. 'Crowds used to gather and kind of watch, so I think maybe I did peak at about age 4, baseball-wise,' he told The Associated Press in an interview at Fenway Park. 'So it was a huge amount of my life early on.' His parents, who moved from the Upper West Side of New York when Theo was 4{, still have the video in the home where he grew up in the Boston suburb of Brookline. They also have the Oscar statuette awarded for the 'Casablanca' screenplay. 'The academy award, which actually rests in the den at my parent's place, represents our grandfather and our great uncle. So nothing would ever trump that,' he said. 'But I think we can make room for a World Series trophy.' Breaking a streak of no championships that began 55 years before he was born may seem like wishful thinking to often-disappointed Red Sox fans. But Epstein has been hooked on baseball for most of his life. 'If my mom wanted to go vacuum or do some housework and leave me occupied, she would turn on the baseball game and that would be it for a couple of hours,' Epstein said. 'My dad tells stories of me early on aligning the defense in the outfield' of televised games. He played baseball and soccer in high school but was much more than a jock. His father Leslie, a Rhodes Scholar, was a professor at Queens College before becoming head of the creative writing department at Boston University. One of dad's household rules: For each minute of television Theo and his twin brother Paul watched, they must read for a minute. 'I was angry about it at the time but I'm pretty happy about it now,' Theo said. 'We read most of the classics by the time we were through with elementary school. I also learned how to cheat the system. 'I'd lock myself in a room with a book and riffle through the pages for a couple of hours and I could watch the Red Sox games' at the same time. Just the kind of mental agility that would help him in academic and social circles. His grandfather's movie 'was just sort of a neat part of family history that I could use to meet girls,' he said, 'and a great source of pride.' About two years ago, he took up rhythm guitar, which he now plays in a band that practices in a friend's basement. Epstein went to Yale, where he was sports editor of the school newspaper, the University of San Diego, where he got a law degree and the start to a career in baseball when he got a stint in 1992 as a summer media relations intern with the Baltimore Orioles. While there, he organized a tribute to players in the Negro Leagues. He was an intern for two more years, then moved to the Padres where he spent three more years in media relations. In 1998, he became a baseball operations assistant and in 2000, baseball operations director with San Diego. 'This was not your average intern,' said Red Sox vice president Charles Steinberg, who hired Epstein in San Diego. J.P. Ricciardi saw that and, when hew was named general manager of the Toronto Blue Jays, he wanted to name Epstein his assistant GM. But Epstein wanted to be available if the Red Sox called. When Larry Lucchino, who had been president of the Padres, was part of the group that bought the Red Sox in February, he brought Epstein with him as assistant general manager. 'It will be clear to you over time that this is a gifted person with a real opportunity to have a profound impact on this franchise,' Lucchino said. Epstein immerses himself in details. With the Padres, one of his tasks was to learn every team's depth chart of prospects from top to bottom. He would scout hundreds of games and put in countless hours of work. With the Red Sox, he encourages input. He'll get plenty from a group of experienced aides, including former GMs. He already has helped develop a plan to build the farm system, add players to the major-league roster and proceed aggressively — but, at times, cautiously if the price for a player is too high. 'There's going to be a lot of pressure to go for the quick fix,' he said. 'If that means sacrificing more of the future than we're willing to do, we have to remain disciplined and pass on a potential quick fix.' Epstein is confident he can handle fan scrutiny. He's already deflected cynics who suggest he's just a Lucchino puppet. 'I laugh at people who call me sort of a yes-man for Larry or who claim that I'm beholden to Larry in any way,' he said. 'I wish they could see some of our discussions. We really go at it.' That's hardly surprising for a kid who, before his tenth birthday, would go with his father and brother to Fenway Park where his twin would take along some reading material. 'By the third inning, Paul would be reading 'Highlights' magazine,' Theo said. 'I would be keeping score for the whole nine innings.'