Word: depodesta
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Eventually, Forst sent a letter and resume to DePodesta in Cleveland, but the letter never found him. DePodesta was already on the West Coast. Once Forst did get a hold of him, the fellow Crimson alum was ready to listen...
...Nothing impressed me about Forst at all," DePodesta jokes. "No, in all honesty, this job requires a tremendous amount of passion and dedication. I wanted someone who understood that. This definitely isn't a job for your basic dedicated baseball fan. Since David had been through two seasons of independent ball, he knew what it took to get up and go the ballpark every single day whether you feel up to it or not. You have to want to live it, if you're really going to get the most of the experience...
...Crimson factor? "The fact that I felt comfortable with Coach Walsh's recommendation and David's Harvard diploma didn't hurt either," DePodesta admits...
Forst began work as Baseball Operations Assistant in January. In this capacity, he performs many of the researching duties that DePodesta had in Cleveland. He also manages a large portion of Oakland's independent statistics base, primarily using a computerized method known as BATS...
With that unified effort comes a unified approach to building a team. Oakland's hitters share more than just a tendency to be burly, fun-loving, truck driver types. Even those players who hit for a low average tend to draw a large number of walks. DePodesta maintains that the A's abundance of players who know how to get to first is no coincidence...