I’m
not going to write about the Mets going up three games to none against the Cubs
in the NLCS after their 5-2 win last night because, well, you know why by
now. I will, however, write about the
Houston Astros.
If
the Cubs’ front office is the next cutting-edge, hot thing in baseball with its
focus on analytics and youthful folks studying laptops (while on the go, of
course), the Astros are right behind them.
They made the playoffs this year, going 86-76, up 16 wins from the year
before and a whopping 35 victories from 2013.
The team announced a number of promotions the other day.
They’re
for director of player personnel; director of baseball operations; director of
research and development; director of minor league operations; director of
sports medicine and performance; assistant director of minor league operations;
and manager of advance scouting. Now,
guess what? This New Wave organization
couldn’t find a single woman for any of those jobs. I guess none of those female vice presidents working
over on the business side in marketing and communications, foundation
development or human resources was interested.
But I’m sure they’d give my daughter a shot in baseball operations if
she sends along a resume.
Yeah, right.
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