There was a time when almost every GM was a former player, who probably also managed, and went by some Washington Irving-type name like Rickwood Cartwright. Those days are long gone, and today’s GMs are far more likely to come from boardrooms than dugouts. That’s one of the many factors that makes Craig Breslow unique. How might being a former player affect the way he does his job? (Peter Abraham Boston Globe)
Ben Cherington, who went right from school to the baseball operations department of Dan Duquette’s Red Sox, has a resume that’s more typical of the modern GM.