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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Theo Epstein is rising to a new reality.For the last few years Ive had a semi-recurring dream, maybe five or six times, where Ive woken up, wow, we just won the World Series with the Cubs. Thats unbelievable, he recalled Monday night.And then about 10 seconds later I realize it was just a dream, and then the rest of the day stinks, right? Its a pretty great feeling and then back to reality. The last five days or whatever its been, Ive been waking up with the same realization and then it takes a couple seconds. Wow! It really happened!Days after the team he designed ended a long championship drought, Epstein was voted The Sporting News Major League Baseball Executive of the Year for revitalizing the Chicago Cubs.Balloting by 56 big league executives took place before the postseason. The Cubs led the majors with 103 wins during the regular season, then beat Cleveland in a seven-game World Series last week for their first title since 1908.During the parade I kept telling my wife we need to go home to change some diapers and do some laundry, because this is not real life, he said. Weve got to get our feet back on the ground.Epstein was presented with the award at the start of the annual general managers meeting. He received 13 votes, followed by Clevelands Chris Antonetti (nine), the New York Yankees Brian Cashman (eight), Texas Jon Daniels (seven), Clevelands Mike Chernoff and Washingtons Mike Rizzo (three each), and Baltimores Dan Duquette and the Cubs Jed Hoyer (two apiece).Now 42, Epstein was the youngest general manager in major league history when Boston hired him at age 28 in November 2002. He helped the Red Sox win the 2004 World Series, their first title since 1918, and a second championship in 2007.Winning at 42 vs. 30, I have a greater appreciation for how hard it is and how many people have to contribute and how lucky you have to get along the way, too, he said.Epstein left Boston after the 2011 season to become president of baseball operations with the Cubs, who lost 91 games that year. As he rebuilt the team, the Cubs dropped 101 games in 2012, 96 the following year and 89 in 2014. They won 97 games last year to gain a wild card, returning to the playoffs for the first time since 2008 only to get swept by the New York Mets in the NL Championship Series.This year, Chicago defeated San Francisco in the Division Series, overcame a 2-1 deficit against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL Championship Series and then became the first team to rally from a 3-1 World Series deficit since the 1985 Kansas City Royals.Chicagos 10th-inning rally in Game 7 was sparked by Albert Almora Jr., the first player drafted under Epsteins regime, taken sixth overall in 2012. Third baseman Kris Bryant was drafted in 2013 and outfielder Kyle Schwarber in 2014, and the Cubs traded for pitcher Jake Arrieta (from Baltimore), first baseman Anthony Rizzo (San Diego) and shortstop Addison Russell (Oakland).Jon Lester was signed as a free agent after the 2014 season and fellow pitcher John Lackey, all-purpose player Ben Zobrist and outfielders Dexter Fowler and Jason Heyward were signed last offseason.Chicago gave Epstein a new five-year contract in September. Now the challenge is to win two in a row and match the 1907-08 Cubs.It does make you hungry just to validate it. When you can win two, I think it means even more, he said. Wed love to be the type of organization that national baseball fans think of when you think of October baseball.Aroldis Chapman, Fowler, Jason Hammel and Travis Wood have become free agents. Epstein already has been thinking about roster alterations.The mix has to change a little bit, he said. If you look to just bring back every single component and try to recreate the past, its going to change by definition. Group dynamics change. Human beings change. And so maybe its better to change it in some small ways on your terms and some intent behind it rather than just let it come back exactly the same and be stale. ... Well make some smaller changes, but I do have a feeling this nucleus is going to stay intact a lot longer than what we did in Boston.Founded in 1886, TSN ended its print edition in 2012 but remains available online. Cheap Cavaliers Jerseys . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2). Cheap Swingman Cavaliers Jerseys . The news was first reported on Gonzalezs Twitter account and confirmed by the Rockies. 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CIS team Virtus.Pro already secured a spot in the finals and would go on to win the series in a clean sweep.A rematch between two top tier Dota 2 teams would need to be settled to determine VPs opponent. OG and Evil Geniuses had clashed in the semifinals, a series that ended 2-0 in favor of the former. In their second meeting, it looked like Evil Geniuses had done its homework. An unusual Tiny support pick for Jesse JerAx Vainikka put EG on its back foot at the outset, but Sumail Suma1L Hassans Alchemist was left free to farm to his hearts content, holding a 1,049 gold-per-minute farm rate, eclipsing the net worth of OG. Johan n0tail Sundstein and Anathan ana Pham just couldnt keep pace with the Alchemist, and the deficit became insurmountable, leaving EG to take Game 1 at 29 minutes in.Though Pham and Sundstein struggled, both struck back hard in the second game, especially with Pham on a mid-lane Invoker. Hassan found an early lead on Outworld Devourer, but the rest of EG seemed unable to capitalize on it, and OG took the series to three games. In the final map, it was a reversal of roles: Hassan on the Invoker, and Pham on the Alchemist. The watershed moment was in the Radiant bottom lane, where EGs tri-lane crumbled to Gustav s4 Magnussons Batrider and Vainikkas Ogre Magi. The Faceless Void pick for Babaev struggled to find critical ultimates, and the experience-hungry supports of EG took too long to hit their stride. OG took the series 2-1, and advanced to face Virtus.Pro in a Best of 5 grand finals.The second rematch of the day -- this time in the upper bracket finals -- OG went for a Terrorblade core on Sundstein, which had been a major success for the team in the last seriies.dddddddddddd Virtus.Pro responded with a fast, aggressive draft, picking up a Shadow Demon-Luna combination for their potent illusion siege potential. 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