Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Sunday that he'll intervene if the Red Sox and Cubs can't agree to compensation for executive Theo Epstein by Nov. 1, according to Comcast Sports Net New England. "They have until Nov. 1, Theo and Ben [Cherington] and all the other parties involved," Selig said. "Hopefully they can get things done. I always encourage clubs to try to get things done between themselves. Somehow, the commissioner has enough things of controversy (to deal with). "They'll either get it done or they won't. If they don't, then I will." The Red Sox and Cubs issued a joint statement Friday night announcing that Epstein, 37, had resigned from his post as Boston's general manager to become Chicago's president of baseball operations. Epstein's deal had been held up for more than a week as the teams haggled over the compensation the Red Sox would receive for letting Epstein, who had one year left on his contract with Boston, go.