You don't really know what it's like to be in that seat and all the constituents that you have and what it's like to be in the dugout with a million voices in your ear about strategy and other things until you've actually done it. "There is a leap of faith that you have to take if you're going to hire a manager who hasn't done it before, but if nobody ever did it we would just have the same pool of candidates and nobody would ever get another opportunity." Zaidi has hired just one manager as an executive, and Dave Roberts has worked out well in Los Angeles, winning two pennants and leading the Dodgers to four consecutive division titles.