Friends of Harvard Baseball MLB Executive Panel
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Ben Crockett ’02 Michael Hill ’93 Jeff Bridich ’00 Peter Woodfork ’99 David Forst ’98 Friends of Harvard Baseball MLB Executive Panel Monday, January 22, 2018 | Harvard Club of Boston Michael Hill ’93 | President of Baseball Operations, Miami Marlins Hill begins his fifth season as the Marlins’ President of Baseball Operations, and his 16th season with the organization. He previously served as the Marlins’ General Manager for six full seasons after serving as VP and Assistant General Manager. Hill is currently the only African-American (fifth in MLB history), and one of two Hispanics, that presides over baseball operations for a Major League club. He began his front office career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays before serving as Director of Player Development for the Colorado Rockies. Hill captained the 1993 Harvard baseball team and earned All-America and All-Ivy League honors in 1992 and 1993. David Forst ’98 | General Manager, Oakland Athletics David Forst is entering his 19th season with the Oakland Athletics and his third as General Manager. His primary duties include working on all player acquisitions, contract negotiations and player evaluations. Prior to his promotion, Forst spent 12 seasons as Assistant General Manager after serving as an Assistant to the General Manager and Coordinator of Professional Scouting. Forst captained the 1998 Harvard baseball team and was a member of the 1997 and 1998 Ivy League Championship squads. He received All-America and All-Ivy League recognition as a senior. Peter Woodfork ’99 | Senior VP of Baseball Operations, Major League Baseball Woodfork was named Major League Baseball’s Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations on March 8, 2011. He is primarily responsible for oversight of umpiring and instant replay, and plays a key role in the approval and processing of transactions and other duties in which he works closely with club baseball operations officials. Prior to this appointment, Woodfork spent five years as the Assistant General Manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks, with whom he was promoted to Vice President in 2010, and three seasons with the Boston Red Sox. Woodfork helped Harvard to three-straight Ivy League Championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999. He was a two-time All-America and All-Ivy League selection. Jeff Bridich ’00 | Senior VP & General Manager, Colorado Rockies Bridich is entering his fourth season as Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Colorado Rockies, and his 13th season in a leadership role within the Rockies’ Baseball Operations Department. Prior to his promotion he served as the Rockies’ Senior Director of Player Development, and led the department in being named the 2013 Topps Organization of the Year. Bridich came to Colorado after working in the Commissioner’s Office from 2001-04 Bridich captained the 2000 Harvard baseball team and helped the Crimson to three-straight Ivy League Championships in 1997, 1998, and 1999. He was an All-America and All-Ivy League selection in 1999. Ben Crockett ’02 | Vice President of Player Development, Boston Red Sox Crockett enters his second season as Vice President, Player Development after five seasons as Director, Player Development and two seasons as the club’s Assistant Director, Player Development. He joined the Red Sox organization as an intern in Baseball Operations in 2007 and served as Advance Scouting Coordinator from 2008-09. Crockett captained the 2002 Harvard baseball team and helped the Crimson to Ivy League Championships in 1999 and 2002. He was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year, and earned multiple All-America and All-Ivy League selections. Crockett was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame in October of 2017. Moderator: Jon Morosi ’04 | Baseball Insider, MLB Network, MLB.com, & FOX Sports Morosi covered the longest postseason game ever in 2014, an 18-inning battle between Washington and San Francisco which the Giants won, 2-1. Morosi also covered the historic 2004 ALCS and 2004 World Series at age 22 as a print reporter for the Albany Times Union. He broke into baseball full-time with the Seattle Post Intelligencer, then served as a Detroit Tigers beat writer for the Detroit Free Press before being hired by FOXSports.com. Morosi was a four-year member of Harvard’s JV baseball team. He covered three seasons of men’s hockey for The Harvard Crimson, and was the play-by-play broadcaster for a number of hockey games on WHRB..