Ben Cherington

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Ben Cherington was a video advance scout for the Cleveland Indians in 1998. In 1999, he worked as a Boston Red Sox area scout then moved to the baseball operations side. He was coordinator of international scouting for Boston, then assistant director of player development. In December 2002, he was appointed Director of Player Development. He was co-General Manager (with Jed Hoyer) of the Red Sox in Dcember 2005 and January 2006, during Theo Epstein's brief exit from that post. From January 2006-November 2011, Cherington was a Vice President of the Red Sox, adding assistant GM to his title in January 2009. When Epstein left for good in November 2011, Cherington became GM. He was at least the third GM who went to Amherst, as Neal Huntington and Harry Dalton had also gone there.

Source: 2011 Red Sox Media Guide