NASHVILLE, Tenn. —
They wandered the endless hallways of the Gaylord Opryland Resort last week in herds. Mere babes they were, with their new haircuts, their Young Republican Collection ensemble, their resumes and the unsullied belief that they could be the next great baseball executive.
How many hundreds of college-age applicants pass each year through baseball’s Winter Meetings seeking office work (the event is one big employment fair)? And how very few of them ever get traction in the major league workplace?
From such hungry ranks rose one John Coppolella.