Paul DePodesta Has a Blog - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

Paul DePodesta is pretty well known for a guy that hasn't been a GM for almost three years now. He had a supporting role in Moneyball as Billy Beane's Ivy League stat-geek assistant GM and his two years as GM in LA was marked by his feuding with the McCourt's, manager Jim Tracy, and Bill Plaschke, only to be dismissed just a year after helping the Dodgers to the NL West title. Since then, he's worked as an assistant in San Diego's front office and he's just started his own blog:

I began thinking about hosting a blog about a year ago, and back in January I took the first big step by starting an internal blog for employees of the Padres. The idea all along was to someday create an external blog to engage in a direct dialogue with our fans. Well, given the events of the past few weeks, that "someday" is now.

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So, I'm here, and I'd like to be a part of the conversation. I'll do my best to reply to comments/questions, though I can't promise punctual responses or regular posts. After all, just like everyone else out there, I already have a job. :-)

It's a pretty ballsy move to start a blog when you work for a team that's badly under performing like the Padres are right now. Still, it's really cool to see a front office make a move like this, offering the fans some insight into their day-by-day operations. If you look at the comments, DePodesta answers some questions and gives fans an idea of what's to come on his blog. I doubt, DePo will be able to go too into depth on some issues, but it's still a really cool idea that newspaper columnists all over California will hate.

Hat-tip to BBTF