Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> The two best GMs in the game are (imo) Billy
> Beane and Brian Cashman. Neither, I believe, has ever played baseball at a
> professional level. I am sure that is the case for Cashman. But both
> decided to take a mathematical approach to the game, and both have been well
> rewarded for doing that. The managers who emphasize a similar approach -
> Larry Dierker, and Davey Johnson, for example, have similarly been
> exceptionally successful during their careers.
>
Beane played ball. He was with the A's briefly at the end of
his carreer (1989). Prior to that he played with the Mets
the Twins and the Tigers in his six year pro career. He
then scouted for The A's and was taken under Sandy
Alderson's wing, taking over for him when Alderson left. I
think Alderson was one of the best GMs as well.
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Doug
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