Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 21, 2004
Ivy League Influence

It keeps growing. Billy Beane has appointed David Forst assistant GM to replace Paul DePodesta.


Forst graduated from Harvard in 1998 and was a four-year baseball letterwinner, earning third-team All-America honors in 1998.

"David is one of the bright young minds in the game today," said Beane, whose club reports to spring training Saturday. "This is his next step toward what promises to be a long and successful career as a baseball executive."


Posted by David Pinto at 10:37 AM | Management | TrackBack (0)
Comments

I'm not much of a sabermetrician myself, but I think the move towards younger GM's with fresh ideas is great. However, is an Ivy League degree now going to be required to get a job in the front office?

Posted by: tom at February 21, 2004 11:27 AM

I'm looking forward to the day when an Ivy League education is required to be a scout. ;-)

Posted by: Rich at February 21, 2004 05:33 PM