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Mike Elias
Michael Elias (born December 28, 1982) is an American baseball executive. He is the executive vice president and general manager for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). Career Elias graduated from the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was born. He attended Yale University, graduating in 2006. He played college baseball for the Yale Bulldogs as a pitcher. After his sophomore season, Elias required surgery to repair a torn labrum. After graduating from Yale, Elias became a scout for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007. When the Houston Astros hired Jeff Luhnow from the Cardinals as their general manager in 2011, Elias went to Houston with him as their director of amateur scouting. Elias is credited with the Astros' selection of Carlos Correa in the 2012 MLB draft. In 2016, after David Stearns was hired by the Milwaukee Brewers as their general manager, the Astros promoted Elias to fill Stearns' role as assistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C. In 2020, the population was 159,467. The city's estimated population has grown by 1% annually since 2010 on average. Like the rest of Northern Virginia and Central Maryland, modern Alexandria has been influenced by its proximity to the U.S. capital. It is largely populated by professionals working in the federal civil service, in the U.S. military, or for one of the many private companies which contract to provide services to the federal government. One of Alexandria's largest employers is the U.S. Department of Defense. Another is the Institute for Defense Analyses. In 2005, the United States Patent and Trademark Office moved to Alexandria, and in 2017, so did the headquarters of the National Science Foundation. The historic center of Alexandria is known as Old Town A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
