David Lee Forst (born May 18, 1976) is an American baseball executive with the

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of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics.

Early and personal life

Forst was born in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Encino, California.David Forst Independent Leagues Statistics & History , Baseball-Reference.com
/ref> He attended Brentwood School in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Forst's wife is Rebe Glass, a lawyer with the San Francisco law firm Cooley Godward Kronish.Ascent of A's latest whiz began at lowest level - SFGate
/ref> Glass and Forst met at Harvard, where Glass was captain of the soccer team and a member of the 1997 All-Ivy Team, Second Team. They have a son (Judah) and a daughter (Sasha), and live in Berkeley, California.

College

Forst attended Harvard University, where he played college baseball for the Harvard Crimson. Forst was the Crimson's starting shortstop and team

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, and in his senior year he batted .406/.437/.624, while setting a school record with 67 hits. He was named an All-America third-team shortstop. He graduated

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with a bachelor's degree in sociology from Harvard in 1998.

Playing career

Forst attended

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with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1999. He played for the

Springfield Capitals The Springfield Capitals were an independent baseball league team in Springfield, Illinois. The Capitals were members of the Frontier League from 1996 to 2001. The Capitals won the Frontier League championship in 1996 and in 1998. After the 2001 se ...

of the independent Frontier League in 1998 (batting .280/.350/.320; playing primarily third base) and 1999 (batting .294/.362/.376; playing primarily shortstop).

Front office career

In 2000, Forst sent his résumé to MLB teams and was hired by the

as a

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. He became the Athletics' assistant general manager in 2004, succeeding Paul DePodesta. He turned down opportunities to interview for the general manager position with the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. After the 2015 season, the Athletics announced that, with

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being promoted to Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations, Forst would be promoted to general manager.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Forst, David Living people 1976 births People from Encino, Los Angeles Baseball players from California Baseball shortstops Harvard Crimson baseball players Springfield Capitals players Oakland Athletics executives Major League Baseball general managers Brentwood School (Los Angeles) alumni