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Athletics Hire Sandy Alderson As Senior Advisor

By Jeff Todd | January 29, 2019 at 1:24pm CDT

The Athletics have announced the hiring of veteran baseball executive Sandy Alderson. He’ll join the organization as senior advisor to baseball operations.

Alderson, 71, just wrapped up a tenure as the general manager of the Mets. He had previously served as CEO of the Padres and, before that, as GM of the A’s. Indeed, Alderson helmed the Oakland baseball ops department from 1983 to 1997, when he handed the reins to then-GM and current president of baseball operations Billy Beane.

While Beane has become perhaps the most widely known baseball executive, due in no small part to the fact that he was once portrayed by a rather well-known actor in a certain feature film, it’s fair to note that Alderson was calling the shots during the club’s last championship run back in 1989. Of course, both worked closely together before Alderson left for a MLB post and are no doubt excited to get back to work together in an effort to continue the strides the ballclub made in 2018.

Alderson, of course, did not finish his tenure with the Mets in the manner he would have preferred. In addition to overseeing a pair of disappointing seasons, he battled cancer and was forced to step away from the club in the middle of the 2018 season. The New York organization ultimately hired Brodie Van Wagenen to replace Alderson after the latter’s contract expired at the end of the season.

Fortunately, Alderson said over the weekend that his treatment has been quite promising to this point — so much so that he has been deemed cancer-free for the past four months. It’s great to see that he was able to get back in the game so quickly.

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  1. Sheep8

    6 years ago

    Great to hear his health is returning!

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  2. Larry David's Joe Pepitone Jersey

    6 years ago

    Sandy definitely leaves behind a complicated legacy with the Mets, but I have no ill will toward him. I hope he continues to recover, and I imagine that staying in the game in a lower pressure environment will be good for his spirits.

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  3. david klein

    6 years ago

    Good luck to him, his work in Oakland was hall of fame worthy.

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  4. Toakland

    6 years ago

    He knew he needed to come home to be part of the best baseball city in the country. #cityofchampions

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    • semut

      6 years ago

      Then why is he going to oakland instead?

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      • Gwynning

        6 years ago

        *County. Not country. Best wishes Sandy!

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      • Lefty Grove’s right hand

        6 years ago

        Oakland has a lot of championships, don’t you know?

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  5. xabial

    6 years ago

    Nice to see him return to good health. Cancer’s no joke

    Mets’ fans who use this thread as an opportunity to criticize his job performance, deserve perpetual mediocrity — even with BVW

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    • Victoroy

      6 years ago

      I’m glad his health returned too. I loved watching him talk to the media when he was here in NY, It’s a great time to return to the A’s organization, I’m sure there will be more success in the future!

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      • mikeyank55

        6 years ago

        You can’t judge Sandy’s performance with the cheapness of ownership. At the news conference he said,”I’m glad to return to a small market team willing to invest rather than work for a large market team that wants to spend like a small market team.”

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        • bradthebluefish

          6 years ago

          Exactly!

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  6. Lefty Grove’s right hand

    6 years ago

    Wow

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  7. jmaggio76

    6 years ago

    I will be honest to say that I’m happy that is cancer has beenhandled. But I do find it fishy after seeing that he is back in the sport as an executive, that almost sounds as if either he was too embarrassed to remain as Mets general manager or they pushed him out and use his cancer as an excuse to relieve him of his duties. by the way I for one wish him the best of luck. Cancer is no joke but I sure as hell hope it wasn’t used as an excuse to push him out. But knowing how the Mets executives are, it really sounds like they used it as an excuse to relieve him.

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    • jakec77

      6 years ago

      I suppose anything is possible in a world in which Warner Brothers and Zach Snyder used his kid’s death as cover for why he was being replaced as director of Justice League (allegedly)…

      But the more likely explanation is his health has allowed him to return to a more part time role. Seing as how he had no real relationship with the current Mets GM it makes sense he’d return to Oakland.

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    • Victoroy

      6 years ago

      Also his exit was described as a “leave of absence,” so if he wanted to return to the organization I’m sure there would have been some way to make it happen.

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  8. its_happening

    6 years ago

    The real architect of Oakland A’s moneyball returns. Smart move.

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  9. hozie007

    6 years ago

    Glad to hear he’s in better health and wish him no ill will but I am amazed how people in baseball just keep resurfacing

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    • canocorn

      6 years ago

      Beats digging ditches.
      And he’ll do a better job for A’s than a former ditch digger.

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  10. Samuel

    6 years ago

    The man that brought analytics to the A’s. Taught the concepts at UC-Berkeley.

    Hired Billy Beane and explained it to him.

    Hollywood got another one wrong.

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    • coldbeer

      6 years ago

      Beane still made a ton of great moves, regardless if Alderson brought him up or not.

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  11. pjmcnu

    6 years ago

    Glad he’s healthy again.

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  12. arc89

    6 years ago

    Reason for this move is help in getting the new stadium built. Sandy knows all the people to get the ball rolling. Shows how serious they are for the new stadium.

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  13. TheFatman

    6 years ago

    Good riddance. Gavin Cecchini, a great pick among many great picks. Terrible. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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  14. VegasSDfan

    6 years ago

    Name one team Sandy has helped turn around? He usually hires who? With him? Omar Minaya?

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  15. jzratkdad

    6 years ago

    Umm Sandy Alderson helped turn the A’s around… At least once.

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