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Well, if pro scouts didn’t know who Forst was then, they certainly know who he is now. The former Crimson slugger began the 2004 MLB season in the same position that another Harvard graduate—Paul DePodesta ’95—recently vacated, as the Assistant General Manager for the Oakland Athletics. Forst took over the role for DePodesta when he was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers as the team’s new GM earlier in the season...
Forst is also quick to point out that he did not play so prominent a role in Lewis’ work as DePodesta and Beane did, both of whom have been accused of using their influence to make Lewis write something that cast them in a more favorable light. Lewis recently wrote a follow-up article in Sports Illustrated where he said that the words in that book were entirely his own making, and he was in no way pressured by the Athletics’ organization to write in a certain manner...
...Oakland’s new assistant GM, that anonymity will probably be hard to avoid, especially considering the success that his old boss, DePodesta...
...DePodesta replaces Dan Evans who had a year remaining on his three year contract...
Considered one of the great minds in baseball and an unconventional man who relies heavily on statistics, DePodesta and the rest of the Athletics organization were well known for assembling successful teams with limited financial resources, making the playoffs for the past straight four years despite a limited payroll. He will enter a drastically different situation, as McCourt has announced that he is willing to spend $100 million a year on payroll, compared to the $56 million Oakland spent last year...