The Cubs wanted Jon Lester so bad. How badly? So bad that the Cubs president of baseball operations was ready to soak himself in deer urine.
“I was ready to soak myself in deer urine, if necessary,” Epstein said.
Yep, you heard that correctly. Well, luckily, he didn’t have to go that far.
“We had an advantage because we know his personality so well,” Epstein said. “We know their values, what they were looking for, what they would care about, what they wouldn’t care about. We were able to customize the itinerary.”
Source: TheQTrain