Mike Elias' path to the Orioles' general manager job began in earnest in John Stuper's Yale University dugout, at a time when an Ivy League dugout was just starting to be viewed as the cradle for baseball minds that they’ve ultimately become.
He had a feel for the game. He had the drive, and he had the brains. But surely, something must have caught Stuper at least a little by surprise in the dozen years of growth that led his one-time left-hander into the helm of the Orioles rebuild.
"Would you think I was a [crummy] interview if I said nothing?