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...Silverman said the youth of his staff—he is 32, and Rays General Manager Andrew Friedman is 31—does surprise some people, but if anything it has aided in their success...
...While Silverman and his team have succeded in some areas—including picking up talented players in low-profile minor league trades, there have also been hurdles along...
...Silverman said the team’s success this year has raised the team’s profile in Tampa Bay, and with the future looking brighter, the team will continue its push for a new ballpark...
After graduating from Harvard in 1998, Silverman took a job at Goldman Sachs. There, he worked on several transactions with Stuart Sternberg, a partner 17 years his senior. Despite the age difference, the two quickly became friends, bonding over their mutual love of baseball...
...Baseball was the centerpiece of that relationship,” Silverman said. “Our first conversation was more about baseball than it was about business.” Sternberg had at the time expressed interest in buying a minority stake in a baseball franchise, but nothing came of it. Soon, both men left Goldman Sachs to pursue other projects...