A passion for the sport does not a great CEO make, of course. Time will tell if the Mariners take the next step.
The new frontman of the Seattle Mariners has deep and abiding baseball roots. John Stanton may have made his fortune in the wireless business, but he says his dream job would have been playing center field in the major leagues.
“That evaporated when I was 14 and cut from my junior-high team,” he said with a laugh.
Stanton’s two sons like to joke that their dad lettered in debate rather than baseball in high school and college.