BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Al Avila spent close to two decades working by Dave Dombrowski's side. For a moment at this week's General Managers Meetings, he was back there again.
As GMs gathered for an organized media session Tuesday, Avila and Dombrowski ended up in the same room. While Avila stood in the middle of the ballroom, talking about the Tigers' offseason needs with MLB Network and Detroit writers, Dombrowski was off to his left, talking with Boston writers and other national media about his first offseason in charge of the Red Sox.
They were maybe a few yards apart, but in separate worlds.