I am not going to dredge up chapter and verse, but I was one of the few people who was excited when Andrew Friedman was hired as President of Baseball Operations for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Immediately, fans began to disparage him and called the Dodgers Tampa Bay West. Friedman was from a low-budget team who managed to get to a World Series with $51 Million Payroll. They were beaten in 2008 by the Phillies who had a $112 Million dollar payroll.
Almost everyone mocked that, but I knew the importance of buying low and selling high. He was mocked for signing Brett Anderson, Brandon McCarthy, Scott Kazmir, and others.