Can you name the general managers of the MLB? - sporcle

Can you name the general managers of the MLB? Enter a general manager (last names acceptable) in the box below Correctly named general managers will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order You have 7 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Popular trivia games today Fast Math 2 23892 One-Word #1 Songs 19346 Political Parties with Electoral Votes 9521 Sports Figures In Other Words 8521 Vowel-less Book Titles 7831 Four Letter Things 7246 Populated Neighboring Countries 4390 And more...
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Team	GM	Since
Arizona Diamondbacks		2010
Atlanta Braves		2007
Baltimore Orioles		2007
Boston Red Sox		2006
Chicago White Sox		2000
Chicago Cubs		2002
Cincinnati Reds		2008
Cleveland Indians		2001
Colorado Rockies		1999
Detroit Tigers		2002
Florida Marlins		2007
Houston Astros		2007
Kansas City Royals		2006
Los Angeles Angels		2007
Los Angeles Dodgers		2006

Team	GM	Since
Milwaukee Brewers		2002
Minnesota Twins		2007
New York Mets		2004
New York Yankees		1998
Oakland Athletics		1997
Philadelphia Phillies		2008
Pittsburgh Pirates		2007
San Diego Padres		2009
San Francisco Giants		1996
Seattle Mariners		2008
St. Louis Cardinals		2007
Tampa Bay Rays		2005
Texas Rangers		2005
Toronto Blue Jays		2009
Washington Nationals		2009

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MLB GMs

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Created by: Ben
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Published: March 28th, 2009
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	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 16:34 GMT	3 points
	Something about taking Sporcle quizzes makes information which has been comfortably in my head for years and years suddenly drain away. Brian Sabean, Brian Sabean, Brian Sabean! Of course I know his damn name. Ugh.

	jbach:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 16:41 GMT	0 points
	i love this quiz. I could picture some faces but couldn't think of their names.

	davis21wylie:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 17:17 GMT	1 point
	Great quiz idea! But anyone else find it weird that the guy whose image accompanies the quiz on the front page (someone who also had a NY Times bestseller written about him) is only the 3rd-most guessed GM?

	brianc:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 18:32 GMT	5 points
	damn. i'm a marlins fan and i've never even heard the name "michael hill". beinfest is always the mentioned front-office guy

	HollywoodLeo:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 18:52 GMT	1 point
	Wow. Kevin Towers is the longest tenured GM in the majors.

	Kicking222:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 19:38 GMT	4 points
	As a die-hard Braves fan, I'm incredibly biased, but John Schuerholz is the greatest GM of my lifetime. (And no, this had nothing to do with the quiz itself.)

	JohnJF:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:00 GMT	-2 points
	@davis21wylie: Not particularly if you consider how much time ESPN and the rest of the sports media talks about the Red Sox and Yankees. It's all about hype. Same reason the Cardinals are perennially one of the top teams in attendance in the majors and has one of the least guessed GMs.

	bsd987:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:04 GMT	1 point
	@brian: i was going to say the exact same thing. who the heck is michael hill? go marlins though!

	sox_fan1468927:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:22 GMT	4 points
	Interesting that they put 2006. Epstein has been the GM since the end of the 2002 season. He did leave the position in October of 2005, but he decided to come back just 3 months later and resigned in January of 2006. They didn't even hire an interim-GM in those 3 months he was gone.

	HollywoodLeo:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:27 GMT	3 points
	@JohnJF, it doesn't help that the Cardinals changed their GM only 2 years ago and if anyone who isn't keeping up with the current events of team GMs that closely guesses who they're used to seeing as the St Louis GM they'll inadvertently guess Cincinnati's GM.

	amorris525:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:54 GMT	2 points
	The Nats Acting GM is Mike Rizzo. Stan Kasten is the President of the Nats he took over for about 3 days and gave his duties to Rizzo.

	deej:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 20:55 GMT	6 points
	I like how Bill Smith was guessed by about 30% of the people, when we all know it's when we resort to "smith/jones/johnson" guessing!

	Hungover:	Mar 28th, 2009 at 23:02 GMT	1 point
	i did not get the mariners gm bc everyone just knows him as jack z, most of the credit for the brewers being relevant is due to him, sad to see him go

	schoopdawoop:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 00:32 GMT	1 point
	is andy macpahil related to hall of famers lee and larry macphail?

	jdawg:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 01:00 GMT	1 point
	@jack- yes i believe so. dont know the relation though

	RandallPinkston:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 03:15 GMT	1 point
	Andy Macphail is Lee's son and Larry's grandson.

	SamanthaM:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 08:15 GMT	-1 points
	epstein has been gm since 2003 not 2006.

	toocool:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 12:10 GMT	2 points
	actually Samantha 2006 is correct as Epstein resigned in Oct 2005 and was rehired in Jan 2006

	Kevin:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 15:42 GMT	1 point
	Yeah, thankfully Sporcle accepts Jack Z. I wasn't going to even try to spell his name.

	TIMTEBOW15:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	0 points
	how did only 8.9 percent get Andy Freedman, he only led the laughingstock of baseball to the world series. COME ON PEOPLE

	Kevin:	Mar 29th, 2009 at 18:10 GMT	3 points
	Considering his name is actually "Friedman," I'm stunned 8.9% of people got "Freedman." Doesn't seem possible, really.

	bradwell:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:26 GMT	1 point
	@kicking 222 Summer after summer, John Schuerholz successfully made my life miserable until two years ago, so I completely agree. Theo and Beane are a close second and third respectively IMO.

	bradwell:	Mar 30th, 2009 at 09:28 GMT	1 point
	oh, and while not the worst, Ed Wade is terrible at his job

	jmarshallg:	Mar 31st, 2009 at 08:31 GMT	1 point
	Ed Wade is undeniably the worst.

	Morby:	Apr 2nd, 2009 at 07:41 GMT	1 point
	I'm surprised that that many people got Ricciardi, seeing as how Toronto gets no media coverage down south. Not to mention the tricky spelling.

	pat19:	Sep 2nd, 2009 at 03:11 GMT	1 point
	Ed Wade isn't the worst... that's Andy MacFail.

	Mike:	Oct 11th, 2009 at 21:22 GMT	1 point
	Riccardi & Towers were fired.

	bentley:	Dec 11th, 2009 at 04:27 GMT	1 point
	For a big market team, you sure don't hear much about the Angels' GM. Moreno (their owner) is much more well known. I missed that one, and his name doesn't even ring a bell.

	Seattle_Will:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 09:23 GMT	1 point
	M's (reportedly) in a blockbuster deal involving Roy Halladay and getting themselves Cliff Lee... The relevant question though: Is this enough publicity to overcome the difficulty of spelling Zduriencik for non-Mariner fans?

	davekemp:	Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:53 GMT	1 point
	Fantastic quiz. 87th percentile. Very fun! Had never heard of Michael Hill.

	tk925:	Jul 15th, 2010 at 17:19 GMT	1 point
	Jerry DiPoto is (at least currently) the GM of the Diamondbacks.