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Eventually, DePodesta came across an opportunity in the Cleveland Indians' organization. The available internship in Player Development would have him chart the Major League games for scouting purposes. DePodesta jumped at the chance, and he soon was on his way to the Indians...
After the 1998 season, DePodesta was named Special Assistant to Cleveland GM John Hart, but he was on the move again before the paint on his nameplate could dry. In November of that same year, Hart called DePodesta into his office and told him the A's had called to ask permission to interview him for the Assistant GM position...
...largest commercial city to Beijing for the title of China's cultural capital. The multimillion-dollar Shanghai Art Museum, which houses traditional and contemporary Chinese paintings, was only the latest major new public building in a spree that has transformed the coastal megalopolis. Just two years ago, the visiting Cleveland Orchestra had to play in a Shanghai gymnasium because there was no suitable auditorium. But today the city boasts the new art space; the elegant Shanghai Museum for antiquities; the luminous $150 million Grand Theater and concert hall; and the Shanghai Library, with one of the largest collections...
...Club historian Alexander Williams ’44 recounts the naming of what social critic Cleveland Amory dubbed the “Female Somerset.” One of the founding ladies lamented to her husband that they could not find a suitable name for their Puritan alternative. “Why not the Chilton?” said the husband. “Why the Chilton?” asked the wife. “Because Mary Chilton was the first to leave the Mayflower...
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar vs. Karim Abdul-Jabbar The basketball star sued the Cleveland Brown for appropriating his name. They settled; now Karim sports only "Abdul" on his jersey...