Nice article Ryan. Think I got in on the beginning of this "new" baseball hiring when Theo brought my self and Mark Wassinger over to Boston from the Padres in 2001. Baseball Ops dept heads were all interns at one time and the only one who had any baseball experience was Craig Shipley. Bill James was our analytics dept but we still maintained veteran baseball people in the field to provide a balance as the years moved on. Today the one thing in common with most new hires in baseball ops is that they have little, if any, baseball experience, which IMO is killing the game as I knew it. Along with the current commissioner the game is headed in the wrong direction. Looking forward to part 2.
Terrifico buenos trabajo!!! XO
Nice article Ryan. Think I got in on the beginning of this "new" baseball hiring when Theo brought my self and Mark Wassinger over to Boston from the Padres in 2001. Baseball Ops dept heads were all interns at one time and the only one who had any baseball experience was Craig Shipley. Bill James was our analytics dept but we still maintained veteran baseball people in the field to provide a balance as the years moved on. Today the one thing in common with most new hires in baseball ops is that they have little, if any, baseball experience, which IMO is killing the game as I knew it. Along with the current commissioner the game is headed in the wrong direction. Looking forward to part 2.
Take good care< Darryl
Kudos to Uncle George. Not too late for you to learn Spanish! lol
This is inspirational stuff for those of us considering some kind of next career.