If there was a sense of relief around Camden Yards on Monday as Orioles executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias introduced his new manager, Brandon Hyde, it was as much for the fact that the process is over as it was for what was to come next.
In Hyde, a 45-year-old longtime minor league and major league coach with a player development background whom Elias described as an "up-and-coming star" in baseball, Elias now has another public face for his daunting project of rebuilding the Orioles into a winning baseball franchise.