Dan O’Dowd has served as the General Manager of the Colorado Rockies since September 20, 1999. Before being hired by the Rockies, he spent 15 years working for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians, working his way from Accounts Manager to Director of Baseball Operations / Assistant General Manager. Mr. O’Dowd was raised in Montville, New Jersey. Under O’Dowd’s leadership, the Rockies have managed four winning seasons and an overall record of 852-931 as of the 2010 season.

Gerard Peter Dipoto is the General Manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and former professional baseball player. He served as interim GM of the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010. Barely a month into his new job with the Angels, the first-year general manager reeled off the greatest pair of signings in franchise history, agreeing to terms on contracts with first baseman Albert Pujols and starting pitcher C.J. Wilson.

Chris Antonetti is the General Manager and Executive Vice President of the Cleveland Indians. He has worked for the Indians since 1999. Antonetti has been the top assistant and vice president of baseball operations since November 2001. Before the Indians, he worked in the front office of the Montreal Expos in 1998.

Kevin Towers enters his first full season with the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2011 after being named Executive Vice President & General Manager on Sept. 22, 2010. Towers, who was a special assignment scout for the New York Yankees in 2010, enters 2011 with 14 years of experience as a Major League general manager to join the Oakland Athletics’ Billy Beane and the San Francisco Giants’ Brian Sabean as the fifth longest-tenured GMs in Major League Baseball. Only the Detroit Tigers’ Dave Dombrowski (22 years), Baltimore Orioles’ Andy MacPhail (17 years), Cincinnati Reds’ Walt Jocketty (16 years) and Milwaukee Brewers’ Doug Melvin (15 years) have more experience among MLB’s current group of general managers. With 1,113 wins as a General Manager, Towers is one of eight current GMs to post at least 1,000 victories during their career.

Towers reshaped the D-backs roster after the 2010 season to focus on reducing the club’s Major League-record 1,529 strikeouts and reconstructing a bullpen that had a Major League-high 5.74 ERA after giving up a league-high 62 home runs. Towers, who excelled at building bullpens with the Padres as his relievers finished in the top two in the National League on three occasions from 2004-09, signed free agent J.J. Putz to be the D-backs closer and also picked up two promising arms in David Hernandez and Kam Mickolio by trading Mark Reynolds to the Orioles. He also picked up promising left-hander Joe Paterson in the Rule 5 Draft for the bullpen and acquired Zach Duke and Armando Galarraga to firm up the starting rotation. Towers acquired first baseman Juan Miranda in a trade from the Yankees and signed veteran free agents Melvin Mora, Xavier Nady, Willie Bloomquist, Henry Blanco and Geoff Blum to add experience on the field and in the clubhouse. After starting the 2010 season with an average age of 28.21 that was the second-youngest in the National League, Towers’ changes to the D-backs will give the club a more veteran look as 16 players not on the 2010 Opening Day roster are expected to be on the 25-man roster for 2011.

Jude LaCava joined FOX 10 in 1993. He is the sports anchor for FOX 10 News, and hosts “FOX 10 SportsNight” on Sunday nights. Jude has won numerous journalism awards, including two Emmy awards and several Associated Press honors. He was the Suns analyst during the 92-93 season, he was also the original voice of the Arizona Rattlers in their initial season in 1992.

Scott Servais is the assistant general manager of scouting and player development. Servais, a former Major League catcher, and has been employed by the Rangers for six seasons as senior director of player development. Servais caught almost 400 games for the Chicago Cubs at the tail end of the Mark Grace – Ryne Sandberg years.

Bobby Evans begins his 18th season in the Giants baseball operations department, his third year as the vice president of baseball operations, being promoted to his current position as, Manager of Player Development January 2009. Previously the team’s director of player personnel, he assists Brian Sabean in heading contract negotiations, waiver and rule compliance, budgets at both the major and minor league levels and is involved in all areas of baseball operations.

Bill Geivett was named Senior Vice President of Scouting and Player Development, Assistant General Manager in January of 2011. He oversees both scouting and player development, while also assisting Dan O’Dowd with all baseball decisions and evaluations. Geivett, 47, joined the Rockies November 10, 2000 and is in his 11th season with the club, his 24th in professional baseball. In 2007, the Rockies were named the Organization of the Year by Baseball America after the club reached the World Series. The club’s director of player personnel since 2000, Geivett added the role of farm director in 2003. In 2004, the Rockies minor league system produced both the Minor League Player of the Year (Jeff Francis) and Minor League Rolaids Relief Man winner (Ryan Speier), the first organization to ever claim both awards in the same season.

Bill came to Colorado from the Dodgers where he had worked since September of 1998, most recently as Assistant General Manager (2000). Prior to that, he was the Special Assistant to the GM for the Devil Rays. From 1994-96, he headed Montreal’s farm system, which garnered the coveted Topps Organization of the Year honors in 1996. He broke into the majors with the Yankees as a scout and organizational instructor in 1991. He coached collegiately at Loyola Marymount (1989) and Long Beach State (1990).

De Jon Watson enters his fifth year with the Dodgers and fourth as Assistant General Manager, Player Development. In this role, he is responsible for developing and evaluating all players in the Dodgers’ minor league system, appointing all minor league managers and coaching staff, as well as all coordinator and instructor positions. He also oversees the clubs’ winter ball participation, Latin American player development and relationships between the Dodgers and their minor league affiliates. Watson serves as an advisor to General Manager Ned Colletti on 40-man roster moves and Major League acquisitions in addition to overseeing all minor league transactions. In 2010, Topps named the Dodgers as Organization of the Year. The prestigious award dates back to 1966 and highlights the Major League team that has shown outstanding performance, depth and talent throughout their Major and Minor League teams.

Watson and his staff conducted the fourth annual Winter Prospect Development Program this January that included instruction both on and off the field. In addition to learning the game from Dodger legends like Duke Snider, Maury Wills, Don Newcombe, Wes Parker, Ramon Martinez and others, the young players take part in classroom sessions that help them acclimate to Los Angeles and the Major Leagues upon their eventual arrival. Since the Winter Development Program’s inception in 2008, 23 participating players have reached the Major Leagues, including 2010 participants John Ely, Kenley Jansen, Jon Link and Carlos Monasterios.

Since joining the Dodgers, Watson has brought several former Dodger players back into the fold as minor league instructors, including Tim Wallach, Lenny Harris, Franklin Stubbs, Aaron Sele, Matt Herges and Jody Reed.

Doug Franz is the co-hosts Doug & Wolf, 2-6 p.m. weekdays on Arizona Sports 620. Doug is an ultimate sports fan. As the story goes, he even that I took his wife to Cooperstown on their honeymoon so she would truly understand his love of baseball. Then they went to Fenway and she sang the National Anthem before a Red Sox/White Sox game. During the game Chicago turned a 5-4-3 triple play and Boston’s John Valentin hit for the cycle becoming only the second time in baseball history both events occurred in the same game. Memorable!

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Veteran baseball executive and sports marketer Jeff Overton has been named president and general manager of Camelback Ranch-Glendale (CBR-G), the second-year spring-training home of the Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers. Overton will oversee all aspects of CBR-G, including business development, operations, marketing, public rela­tions, sales and special events. “Jeff is a very well-rounded sports management professional,” offers Dodgers President Dennis Mannion. “His im­pressive career has been both effective and diverse. He will be a great leader for Camelback Ranch as it continues to grow after a very successful first season.”

White Sox Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer Brooks Boyer adds, “With vast experience in sports marketing, operations and business development, particularly in baseball, Jeff Overton is the perfect fit to serve as the first president and new general manager of Camelback Ranch – Glendale. Jeff is responsible for driving business growth and maintain­ing an effective system of operations at our spring training facility, Camelback Ranch – Glendale. We (the White Sox and Dodgers) are supremely confident he will help us set the standard for spring training excellence.”

Overton spent the past seven years as executive vice president-business operations with the San Diego Padres. Dur­ing his tenure, he assumed primary responsibility for the opening of PETCO Park in 2004 and also managed the 2006 and ’09 World Baseball Classic games at the new stadium and Tony Gwynn’s Hall of Fame induction.

Beginning his 20^th season as Director of Major League Baseball’s Arizona Fall League, Steve continues to oversee the daily operations and sponsorship sales for the industry’s premier player development league. During Steve’s tenure, nearly 2,000 former Arizona Fall League players have reached the major league ranks, 169 different players have earned roster spots in MLB’s annual All-Star Game, 29 former AFL field managers have become major league field managers, 22 former players have won “Rookie-of-the-Year” awards and 83 former AFL front office personnel actively serve major league and minor league franchises in various front office capacities. Prior to his leadership role with the Arizona Fall League, Steve served as the Associate Director of Athletics at Xavier University (in charge of marketing, sponsorship sales and athletic fund-raising), traveling Secretary of the Cincinnati Reds and Director of Media Relations for the Columbus Clippers (Triple-A baseball). Steve received his Masters of Arts degree in Sports Administration from The Ohio State University (1979) and began his sports management career as General Manager of the Daytona Beach Astros (Single-A) upon graduation.

Mike Muraco (’Roc’), brings over 20 years experience in the sports industry, specializing in sports marketing, media and public relations. Roc has worked in professional and collegiate capacities with stints with the Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, Arizona Fall League, Phoenix Firebirds, Oakland A’s and the University of Pennsylvania. When Roc isn’t fighting with Manuch or his producers, he is President and Vice President, respectively for ON-AIR Sports Marketing and The Labrador Group.

An internationally-recognized leader and innovator in the world of athletic performance training, Mark Verstegen is Founder and President of Athletes’ Performance, which has set the standard for providing athletes with cutting-edge training based on the latest in sports science. Athletes’ Performance has trained many of the top champions in the world of sports at their state-of-the-art facilities, where Verstegen and his team have implemented many of his unique and breakthrough concepts in athletic performance. Verstegen began his coaching career at his alma mater, Washington State University, before completing his master’s degree in sport sciences at the University of Idaho. He became Assistant Director of Player Development at Georgia Tech, where he implemented innovative and successful performance programs for football, men’s basketball and golf. In 1995, Verstegen ventured to Bradenton, Fla., to create the International Performance Institute, which became recognized worldwide under Verstegen’s direction.

Craig gives Valley viewers his unique coach’s perspective on the world of sports. You can also catch Craig on the Valley’s #1 Sunday night sports show, “ABC15 Sports Sunday,” at 10:35pm and with his popular “Fouhy on Sports ,” “In The Ring ,” and “Small Stars” segments within his sportscasts. Craig joined ABC15 in 1998, adding a non-traditional sports element to ABC15, based on his experiences as both coach and player. He spent 18 years coaching high school and college football as both assistant and head coach.

Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the eighth round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft , Goldschmidt has carved out a success plan with the Diamondbacks. With many highlights to his credits at both at First Base and at the plate had added to the success in the 2010-2012 season for the Diamondbacks.

Torii Hunter is a two-time Major League All-Star, who has been the recipient of eight consecutive Gold Glove Awards. He is a 12-year Major League veteran who spent his first 11 seasons with the Minnesota Twins, before signing with the Angels as a free agent prior to the 2008 season. He was the recipient of the 2007 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award as the player in either league whose on-field performance and contributions to his community inspire others to higher levels of achievement, and has twice been nominated for the Roberto Clemente Award.

James Gordon Beckham III (born September 16, 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a baseball infielder, who plays for the Chicago White Sox. Growing up in Atlanta, Gordon Beckham played quarterback and free safety for The Westminster Schools (like his father, Gordon Beckham Jr., who went on to play quarterback for the University of South Carolina). His mother also attended the University of South Carolina, where she was a cheerleader for both football and basketball. In 2004, Gordon led the Westminster Wildcats to their first and only undefeated season, breaking his father’s single-season record for touchdown passes by one in the process. Beckham was given 1st Team All-State honors as both a junior for Free-Safety and then as a senior for Quarterback. He played under coach Gerry Romberg. Beckham was an honorary member of the Chi Phi Fraternity while attending the University of Georgia. Gordon also has two younger sisters, Gwen (22), and Grace (19).

Andre Ethier is a home grown success for Arizona. After high school Andre went on to ASU and his launched a baseball career. Ethier is a Right Fielder with a smokin bat for the Dodgers. In 2009, Ethier hit six walk off hits (including four walk off home runs), which was the most by any player in the Major Leagues since 1974. His four walk-off home runs tied the Major League record for most in a season.