Padres hire Sandy Alderson as CEO

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SAN DIEGO - Sandy Alderson, one of major league baseball's top executives, has been hired as CEO of the San Diego Padres.

The hiring will be announced Tuesday, a Padres official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press on Monday night.

Alderson is expected to be in charge of baseball operations with the Padres, who haven't been to the playoffs since 1998, when they were swept by the New York Yankees in the World Series. Dick Freeman, currently the president and CEO, will remain as president.

Alderson is a former general manager and president of the Oakland Athletics. During his tenure, the A's won four division titles, three AL pennants and a World Series.

He became executive vice president for baseball operations in the commissioner's office in September 1998.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/11428768.htm

He certainly isn't one of my favorite people. I woder what Kevin Towers is going to do for a living now?

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1. This Definitely Means That Bush Will Be The Next Baseball Commish.

Sandy came to the MLB's NY office with the hope that he'd someday take over for Selig. He had all the right credentials. He was an Exec. of a small market team, a Harvard trained atty, and a former Marine. Also, I think that his stock with MLB plummeted as he was GM of the A's during the time that Canseco was there taking steroids.

With him taking this job, it's clear that Bush will be the next baseball commish. Ugh!