On October 29, 2010 — The Mets’ officially introduced Sandy Alderson as the team’s new general manager at a Citi Field news conference. The 62 year-old Harvard Law School graduate, who has served as the former president and GM of the A’s and chief executive officer of the Padres, is being allowed to leave his current administrative position with MLB to take the challenging role of rebuilding the directionless organization, that includes the hiring of a new manager for the team.
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