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For a team that is in need of gradual and patient change, the Cubs sure made some drastic moves to get the ball rolling in that direction. On October 12th, 2011, just after the collapse that terminated the Red Sox season came to it's merciful end, Theo Epstein was granted his release by Boston and signed a five-year $18.5 million dollar contract with the Cubs. The replacement of longtime GM Jim Hendry with the refreshing, young and already highly decorated Epstein was heralded as a very welcome change by many Cubs fans. So does what does the infancy of the Epstein era mean for the North side of Chicago?
