Ned Colletti

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Ned Louis Colletti, Jr. is the General Manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He previously served as Assistant General Manager for the San Francisco Giants.^[1]

Colletti graduated from East Leyden High School in Franklin Park, Illinois and Northern Illinois University. Colletti began his Major League Career in 1982 with the Chicago Cubs. He worked in both the media relations and baseball operations departments. He was responsible for handling salary arbitration cases and assisting in player acquisitions. He was honored with the Robert O. Fishel Award for Public Relations Excellence in 1990.

Colletti left the Cubs to join the front office of the San Francisco Giants, first in their public relations department, then in 1997 he became Assistant General Manager. The Giants recorded an 813-644 record (.558) during his time in that position.

[edit] Career with the Dodgers

Colletti became the 10th General Manager in Los Angeles Dodgers history and the 5th General Manager for the team in the past 8 years when he was hired prior to the start of the 2006 season. His first job with the team was to hire a new manager, Grady Little. Colletti's notable player transactions, as GM, include signing Takashi Saito, Jason Schmidt, Juan Pierre, and Andruw Jones, and trading César Izturis for Greg Maddux.

Before the start of the 2007 season Ned had a fallout with with powerful sports agent Scott Boras[1] over J.D. Drew's opt out.This has lead many to believe Colletti has not gone after players represented by Boras. Dodger general manager Ned Colletti initially confirmed that Little would return as manager of the ballclub in 2008. However, Little appeared hesitant to do so after Colletti partly blamed him and his staff for the Dodgers' disappointing 2007 season. Little failed to contact Colletti for over two weeks. This resulted in Colletti entering into a tentative agreement with Joe Girardi, and when it fell through, negotiations with Joe Torre. Citing 'personal reasons', Little subsequently resigned on October 30, 2007

In 2008 along with new manager Joe Torre, Colletti signed Andruw Jones, Hiroki Kuroda, and Chan Ho Park.

[edit] Colleti's other works

Colletti authored a book in 1983 about the Purdue/Notre Dame rivalry, called Golden Glory.

Colletti's son, Lou Colletti, is a scout for the San Francisco Giants.^[1]

[edit] References

• Ned Colletti's Dodgers.com bio

Preceded by Paul DePodesta

Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager 2005-Present

Succeeded by present