Some Baseball Facts

Here's an interesting thing that might only interest me and a few other people:

Here are the 4 teams left in the MLB playoffs:

Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Boston Red Sox
Arizona Diamondbacks

Here's the wikipedia entry for (fellow St. Albans Alum) Josh Byrnes:

"Josh Byrnes is currently the General Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. A graduate of Haverford College, he began his baseball career as an intern for the Cleveland Indians in 1994, quickly working his way up the organization ladder. In 1999 he was hired to fill the assistant GM position for the Colorado Rockies, a job he held for two years. He then took the same job under Theo Epstein and the Boston Red Sox until October 2005 when he was hired by the Diamondbacks to replace the departing interim GM Joe Garagiola Jr."

Lets go a bit more in depth. Byrnes was the director of scouting for the Indians until '99. Here's a quick look at some of the guys he scouted and were drafted under his watch:

CC Sabathia, Jhonny Peralta, Victor Martinez

He then left to become assistant GM of the Colorado Rockies in '99. Here's another quick look at players he acquired:

(closer) Manny Corpas, Brian Fuentes, Jeff Francis, Garrett Atkins, Jeff Baker, Corey Sullivan, Ryan Spillbourghs..basically, their starters besides Matt Holliday

He then left for the Red Sox in 2003. Another closer look:

Jonathan Papelbon, Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury

Now he's the GM of the Diamondbacks:

Virtually the entire roster, assembled by Byrnes in the last 3 seasons since he arrived in 2005.

Memo to MLB coverage:

DO A STORY ABOUT JOSH BYRNES!!!