When the San Francisco Giants hired Farhan Zaidi as their president of baseball operations I was excited. I came of age amidst the Moneyball generation of baseball fans. While the Giants were floundering from 2005-2008 amid a series of bad investments in aging players, I craved a new philosophy on team building.
Thankfully, I was just an elementary schooler. My plans to overhaul the front office were ignored and the Giants regime comprised of Brian Sabean and Bobby Evans went on to build a dynasty that would bring San Francisco three World Series titles in five years.