Dave Dombrowski's departure marks the end of an era for Detroit Tigers - SI.com
Dombrowski joined the Tigers as president/CEO/GM in April 2002. Prior to that, he served in a variety of roles, many on the player development side, with the White Sox (1978–1986) and Expos (1987–1991). He became the latter team's general manager... During his time in Montreal, he brought promising homegrown youngsters such as Larry Walker and Marquis Grissom to the majors but also presided over the trades of Tim Raines to the White Sox and a young Randy Johnson to the Mariners. He left the perpetually cash-strapped Expos to join the expansion Florida Marlins as executive vice president and GM in September 1991 (they would not begin play until 1993), presiding over both the construction of the surprise 1997 world... ?Dombrowski left Florida in November 2001, months before the infamous three-way franchise swap that allowed Marlins owner John Henry to purchase the Red Sox, and Expos owner Jeffrey Loria to purchase the Marlins, with the Expos turned into wards... they would eventually move to Washington in 2005. The Tigers initially hired Dombrowski to be their president and CEO, but when the team started the 2002 season 0–6, he fired incumbent GM Randy Smith, who had failed to produce a winning. Source: www.si.com
