"Remember those times the Miami Marlins won the World Series? Neither one of those championships in 1997 or 2003 happen without the fine work of former general manager Dave Dombrowski. There's just no sugarcoating that fact. While a case could be made for founding owner Wayne Huizenga, or perhaps even their first team president in Carl Barger, no one did more to shape the first decade plus of Miami Marlins baseball than Dombrowski."
"All of which makes Dombrowski an absolute must for admission into the Miami Marlins Legends Hall of Fame. Is it a slight case of bad optics that Dombrowski is actively working to defeat the Marlins at least thirteen times this season in his capacity as acting general manager of the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies? Perhaps, although not as bad as the optics would be for putting in a Huizenga or Jeffrey Loria—owners who oversaw a championship."
Dave Dombrowski served as Miami Marlins general manager and was the driving force behind the franchise's World Series championships in 1997 and 2003. He constructed the 1997 championship roster and rebuilt the team after a post-1997 firesale directed by owner Wayne Huizenga, assembling the core that reached 2003. Dombrowski's long MLB front-office career includes only two official World Series titles, 1997 with the Marlins and 2018 with the Boston Red Sox. His work in player acquisition and trades produced the majority of the 2003 starting lineup. Active later as Phillies acting general manager, he sometimes faces optics of opposing his former team.
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