It’s good to be Theo Epstein.

A modern-day Mozart of baseball ops, the onetime baby general manager of the Red Sox (he was 28 when he took over), is all of 43 now, and he’s just about the hottest thing in sports.

Theo is the architect of the two greatest curse-busting teams in American sports history. He was running the Red Sox when they threw off the 86-year-old jinx in 2004, and less than three months ago he tasted champagne again when the Cubs won their first World Series in 108 years. He is a lock for Cooperstown sometime later in this century.

When Theo went to the White House Monday — where his Cubs were feted by outgoing president Barack Obama — the leader of the free world suggested Theo might be a good fit to run the Democratic National Committee.

Theo will be back in the Hub Thursday night to accept an award at the 78th Boston Baseball Writers dinner at the Copley Marriott.

When I reached him on the phone at his office in Chicago Wednesday, Theo was full of questions about the Patriots’ chances against the Steelers. I resisted the urge to ask him if he had a gorilla suit Roger Goodell could borrow for the weekend, and instead asked him to talk a little bit about the historic night in Cleveland when the Cubs won their first World Series since 1908.

“We were walking a real tightrope,’’ he remembered. “Game 7 was so dramatic. We thought we had it and we were counting outs and then there was a moment where we thought we had blown everything.

“When we finally won, it was an incredible mix of joy and relief and it brought back a lot of memories.

“I’m at a little different phase of my life now with a little better perspective on things, and I think I was able to appreciate it in the moment more than I was in 2004.

“It evokes similar emotions and amounts of passion. The only thing different was that Chicago is a bigger town. The volume was more, but it connected fans with their childhoods and families in the same way and it connected generations in the same way.

“It connected people with loved ones who didn’t quite make it all the way there. It connected the city and the region in the same way and was just as emotional.

“I just viewed it a little differently because I can appreciate how rare those emotions are — how things that happen on a baseball diamond can really impact so many people down to their core in a positive way.’’

There wasn’t much time to bask in the afterglow.

“We won on Wednesday night,’’ he said. “We celebrated in the office Thursday in Chicago. Friday was the parade and Saturday I had to go to Jason Hammel’s house and tell him we were declining his option. Sunday we were on a plane to the GM meetings.’’

Most of Chicago’s core players are under 26. Are the Cubs a potential dynasty?

“That’s the goal, but it’s really hard to win the whole thing,’’ Theo said. “We’re really well-positioned to be as good as anyone over the next five years if we don’t screw it up. The elements are in place, but we have to stay hungry and keep working hard and overcome the adversity that presents itself every season.

“We have to make sure we avoid any organizational arrogance, that we don’t suffer from any kind of entitlement. Sometimes after you win the whole thing, individuals get pulled in different directions.’’

Theo has been with the Cubs since 2012, but his parents and twin brother are still in Boston. Where is home?

“In the literal sense, it’s Chicago,’’ he said, “but in the emotional sense — in terms of what’s home and your psyche and your hometown — it’s Boston.’’

He’s only 43 but he’s already done it all . . . twice. What’s next for baseball’s first rock-star GM?

“I don’t know,’’ Theo said. “My passion for baseball is just as strong as it’s ever been. I can never see myself leaving the game permanently. There are other things I’ve thought about wanting to try, so I could definitely see taking a break at some point. I have passion for the game, and winning the World Series just makes you want to do it again.’’

Theo’s recollections of his Red Sox years would be a feast for Boston baseball historians. When will he work on his book?

“I don’t look fondly upon doing that while I’m still on the journey,’’ he said. “If that ever happens, it would be something I would do in retirement, on the porch with an iced tea or hard drink, remembering things and jotting them down.

“I like living life, not necessarily documenting it. There’s maybe a time for that at the very end. I’d definitely do it by myself, because I like to write.’’

The Larry Lucchino chapter would be a beauty.

Theo will be back in Boston later this year. The Cubs play three games at Fenway in April and then there’s the delicious prospect of a Boston-Chicago/Fenway-Wrigley World Series.

There was a time when a Red Sox-Cubs World Series was considered a harbinger for the apocalypse. Both franchises were doomed to lose, so the matchup would signify the end of the world.

No more. The Red Sox and Cubs are winners now and the same guy built both champions.

Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at dshaughnessy@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @Dan_Shaughnessy