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<2/16> John Nadel, The Associated Press「Dodgers hire DePodesta as general manager」
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/dodgers/2004-02-16-depodesta-gm_x.htm
$430milでのドジャーズ買収後に新オーナーがまずやったのは、DePodesta(31歳)をGMに採用したこと。
「The 31-year-old DePodesta had been a top assistant to Oakland general manager Billy Beane since joining the A's in 1998.」
「DePodesta is considered one of baseball's top young executives and had been expected to take over as GM of the A's in November 2002, when Beane agreed to become GM of the Boston Red Sox. But Beane changed his mind and stayed in Oakland.」
「DePodesta, who becomes the ninth GM in Dodgers history, has an economics degree from Harvard. He becomes the second-youngest general manager in baseball, behind Red Sox GM Theo Epstein, who was 28 when he took the job in November 2002.」