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DePodesta is the assistant general manager of the Oakland Athletics and one of several recent Harvard graduates who have found front-office careers in Major League Baseball. His new Baseball Operations Assistant David Forst graduated from Harvard in 1998 after a storied Crimson career at shortstop. Along with Michael Hill '94, director of player personnel with the Colorado Rockies, DePodesta and Forst have established themselves in an industry that is very difficult to break into, especially at a young...
...Oakland duo warrants particular note because of the organization they work for. Out west, the two are involved in the ongoing construction of a project that rarely succeeds in sports: a small-market team that should contend for years to come...
...current job is somewhat complicated by the unfortunate financial constraints that define who wins and loses in professional sport. The Oakland franchise lies on the smaller end of baseball's salary scale. With an estimated 2000 payroll of $32 million, the A's rank 25th on the list of Major League Baseball's highest spenders. When compared with the robust $93 million George Steinbrenner and the Yankees will attempt to buy another World Series championship with this year, one might expect little to come of the management's efforts...
...results have been refreshingly positive. Oakland finished second the AL West last year with an 87-75 record, and contended for a playoff spot until the final two weeks of the season. They have put together a core of young talent led by a triple-crown threat in first baseman Jason Giambi, a potentially dominant young hurler Tim Hudson, and several power hitters including outfielders Matt Stairs and Ben Grieve...
...first wail. But a growing number of theaters are accommodating parents who want a first-run film experience complete with big screen, Dolby sound and children. The Sonoma Cinemas chain has created soundproof glass rooms in the back of theaters for families. And the independent Parkway Theater in Oakland, Calif., is credited with the creation of "cry nights," special showings at which the audience is made up only of parents and infants...