Former Dodgers GM joins Sharks scouting staff

Los Angeles Dodgers new General Manager Ned Colletti makes his way down a hallway at Dodgers Stadium after a news conference where his hiring was announced, Wednesday, Nov. 16 ,2005 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)Ned Colletti is returning to the Bay Area sports scene. But it’s not for baseball.

Colletti, who was the Los Angeles Dodgers’ General Manager for nine seasons after more than a decade in the Giants front office, has been hired by the San Jose Sharks as a professional scout.

1/16.2001 — PHOTO BY PAULINE LUBENS/SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS — Ned Colletti, the Giants’ assistant general manager, grew up dirt poor, living in a shack so close to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport that he could see the…