Q&A: Daniels on meteoric rise with Rangers

Rangers general manager Jon Daniels talks about how he earned the role in 2005MLB.com sat down with Daniels in his office at Surprise Stadium in Arizona during the final days of Spring Training to discuss his career, learning from good and bad trades and why he'll never be considered the most famous recent graduate from his high school.

MLB.com: You didn't go into baseball after graduating from Cornell, going to work in business development for Allied Domecq, the parent company for Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin' Donuts. What made you ultimately decide to pursue a career in baseball?

Daniels: I was living in Boston, working there in Randolph, Mass. I spent more time on the phone talking to a…