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11/24/2002 11:40 pm ET

Red Sox to name Epstein GM

By Ian Browne / MLB.com

	Theo Epstein will be named the next GM for the Boston Red Sox Monday at an 11 a.m. press conference. (Brita Meng Outzen/MLB.com)

BOSTON - The Red Sox will unveil 28-year-old local product Theo Epstein as their next general manager at an 11 a.m. press conference at Fenway Park today. Epstein will become the youngest GM in baseball history, surpassing Randy Smith, who was 29 when the Padres hired him in 1993.

The Sox will elevate Epstein from the assistant GM position he has held since March, when Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino brought him over from the Padres' organization.

This culminates Lucchino's near two-month search for a permanent general manager. Veteran baseball executive Mike Port has held the role on an interim basis since Feb. 28, the day Dan Duquette was fired less than 24 hours after Boston's new ownership group took over.

Reached by MLB.com Sunday night, Epstein said he couldn't comment on the report that he had landed the job. But he will get his chance to express his thoughts to the assembled masses today.

Epstein grew up in Brookline, Mass., a proverbial stone's throw from Fenway Park. He built up his professional resume with the Padres, working his way up from media relations to assistant GM.

In Lucchino's most recent GM briefing with the Boston media -- held via phone on Nov. 11 -- he chose not to acknowledge that Epstein was a candidate for the GM position. But when A's GM Billy Beane withdrew his name from consideration after a deal was all but done, speculation became rampant that Epstein was gaining steam as a candidate.

Despite Epstein's youth, his hiring is hardly a shock. He has a close working relationship with Lucchino from their years together with the Padres. Lucchino was the president/CEO for San Diego from 1995-2001.

Epstein is regarded within baseball circles as an innovative and rising executive, and is thought of highly by some other prominent GMs, including Beane, Toronto's J.P. Ricciardi and the Padres' Kevin Towers.

Epstein believes deeply in building through scouting and development, and also values in-depth statistical analysis, including many of the beliefs of stats guru Bill James, whom the Sox recently hired as a senior advisor.

Though the Sox were comfortable with Port filling the role on an interim basis for the entire season, Lucchino, as expected, announced he was going on an extensive search to fill the vacancy on a permanent basis two days after the season ended.

Port, who will likely be asked to stay with the organization, perhaps in his former role as vice president/baseball operations, was a candidate to land the job permanently. Lucchino also interviewed former White Sox GM Ron Schueler, Mets senior assistant GM Jim Duquette, Reds assistant GM Leland Maddox, Phillies assistant GM Mike Arbuckle, Sox special assistant Lee Thomas, former Orioles Cy Young award winner Mike Flanagan, Beane, and most recently, former Expos GM Jim Beattie.

One of those names could surface again when the Sox fill the newly created head of scouting and player development position.

Mindful of Epstein's lack of GM experience, the Sox plan to surround him with veteran talent in the front office. Thomas, a former GM with the Phillies, is expected to stay on in some capacity.

Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. He can be reached at Ian.Browne@mlb.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.