sportingnews.com - 15 days ago
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Jeff D'Alessio
Had he not made the most agonizing move of his 27 years in baseball -- firing his friend and manager, Clint Hurdle, after the Rockies' 18-28 start -- Dan O'Dowd might be collecting unemployment right now. Instead, the 50-year-old G.M. was named by 31 of his peers as Sporting News executive of the year after Colorado rebounded to win the N.L. wild card under Jim Tracy, O'Dowd's pick to replace Hurdle. O'Dowd will be ...
denverpost.com - 13 days ago
bizofbaseball.com - 14 days ago
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Colorado Rockies executive vice president and general manager
Dan O’Dowd was voted Sporting News’ 2009 Major League
Baseball Executive of the Year by a panel of 31 MLB general managers and assistant general managers. He was presented with the award Monday night at the MLB general managers' ...
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Dan O'Dowd Voted By Peers as MLB Executive of the Year
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Dan O'Dowd named The Sporting News' Executive of the Year
Purple Row —
... Check out this article for more from D'Alessio, including some great insight by the winner himself (including his admittance of the absurdity of the ...
O'Dowd is TSN's GM of the Year
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Hey, until the BBWAA decides to expand its awards -- and when was the last time that happened? -- when it comes to general managers The Sporting News is the only game in town (or at least the biggest) ... I'm not sure what "31 of his peers" means, as technically O'Dowd has only 29 peers; there are 30 teams and 30 general managers. Also, I suspect that all of his peers didn't vote for him. Rather, D'Alessio means that O'Dowd's peers were polled and O'Dowd wound up atop the list of candidates. Which is fine. He certainly did have a good year. I wouldn't vote for him purely ...
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