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Former Team Israel Baseball Player Sam Fuld
Tries to Revamp the Philadelphia Phillies
major league player informa-
tion coordinator, a position
intimately involved in analytics,
diving inside statistics.

How’d he move up so
quickly in the team’s hierarchy?
“People in the organization
spoke in glowing terms, at
all levels, about him, with his
now are being exposed to the
information side of the game in
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a greater fashion, you’re going
to see the pendulum swing back
SAM FULD, the new general
a little bit.”
manager of the Philadelphia
Fuld played his last game
Phillies, says he’s just getting
in the majors in 2015 with the
acquainted with one of his
Oakland A’s. He spent the 2016
predecessors, Ruben Amaro Jr.,
season on the disabled list after
now a broadcaster for the club.

tearing his rotator cuff in spring
Their paths to the post are
training and retired in 2017.

I felt like there was a lot on the uniform side that was exciting to me,
similar: Both have Jewish roots,
That was the year he played
attended Stanford University but also on the front office side. That’s been my mindset to date.”
for Team Israel. Fuld had never
and had an eight-year major
been to the country before.

SAM FULD
league playing career.

“In the months leading up
“We’ve gotten to know each
to the tournament, they invited
other a little bit,” said Fuld,
eight of us to go see Israel for
who played for Team Israel knowledge, with his person-
“I felt like there was a lot
“We’re actually seeing what’s four to five days. I went over
in the 2017 World Baseball ality, the way he gets along on the uniform side that was likely to be a trend back in with my father, met some of my
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Classic. “I’ve known him from with people — I’ve heard exciting to me,” he said, “but the other direction, where you future teammates and just had
afar for a little while now.”
about his intellect in the past,” also on the front office side. might see some former players a tremendous experience there.”
Israel, your
which location.

was ranked
Fuld, 39, joined the Phillies said Dave Dombrowski, the That’s been my mindset It's to date.”
the GM ranks in this
years ad for
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While it’s not unusual now to come,” he said. “As players 41st in the world going into
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way he presented himself about
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how he understood the nature
of being a big league player.”
Fuld said he had an open
mind as he embarked on a
post-playing career.

to see Jewish executives in
Major League Baseball — over
half a dozen teams have Jewish
GMs, and there are several team
presidents — it is unusual to see
ex-players make the climb into
the executive suite.

Fuld thinks that could be
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