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Theo sticking to long-term plan

The Columbian
Published: November 30, 2011, 4:00pm

CHICAGO (AP) — Theo Epstein has worked furiously the last five weeks to put his management team in place as the new president of baseball operations with the Chicago Cubs.

He’s running down his list of players to call and chat up. He flew to Florida to fire manager Mike Quade and has hired a new skipper in Dale Sveum. Epstein also has visited the team’s academy in the Dominican Republic.

With speculation swirling that the Cubs could be in the market for either Prince Fielder or Albert Pujols, Epstein on Thursday reiterated his pledge since leaving the Boston Red Sox to take the job in Chicago: The long-term is more important than the short.

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