BOSTON -- David Dombrowski, president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox, has a wonderful view of the pregame foot traffic outside Fenway Park from his office overlooking Lansdowne Street. When he wants to get a read on what the fans are thinking -- rather than where they're walking -- he just needs to go for a coffee or a bite to eat around the park or in his neighborhood in the 'burbs.
The Red Sox have a .698 winning percentage, so Dombrowski is a magnet for positive feedback these days.
"People are great," he says.