Morning memory experiment

I write this post from the Northwest Valley of Arizona, home to a handful of Cactus League teams. These early weeks of Spring Training find ballplayers old and new performing various feats of athleticism: sprinting, stretching, spitting tobacco juice, and the like.

In that spirit, having just eaten my morning protein, I feel ready to tackle the mental equivalent of shaking off the winter's rust, and will endeavor to hone my baseball knowledge with a memory sprint:

How many of MLB's 30 general managers can I name in 5 minutes?

GO!

My answers:
Dayton Moore KC
Brian Sabean SF
Ned Coletti LAD
Alex Anthopoulos TOR
Mike Rizzo WAS
Sandy Alderson NYM
Kenny Williams CWS
Brian Cashman NYY
Ben Cherington BOS
Andrew Friedman TB
Jon Daniels TEX
Walt Jocketty CIN
Dan Duquette BAL
Billy Beane OAK
Kevin Towers AZ
Jack Zdurienick STL
Tony Regans LAA
Neal Huntington PIT

Time's up.

Okay, 18 names. How many of them were correct?

Safe by a mile (13):

Dayton Moore KC
Mike Rizzo WAS
Sandy Alderson NYM
Brian Cashman NYY
Ben Cherington BOS
Andrew Friedman TB
Brian Sabean SF
Jon Daniels TEX
Walt Jocketty CIN
Dan Duquette BAL
Billy Beane OAK
Kevin Towers AZ
Neal Huntington PIT


Tie goes to the runner (2):

Alex Anthopoulos Anthopolous TOR
Ned Coletti Colletti LAD


Out by an eyelash (4):

Kenny Williams Rick Hahn CWS (I kind of knew Kenny wasn't GM anymore, but I thought I'd write it just in case)
Jack Zdurienick John Mozeliak STL
Jack Zduriencik SEA (I think it's pretty clear what happened here)
Tony Regans Jerry Dipoto LAA (Moot point, but the former Angels GM spells his name "Reagins")


Tripped out of the box, tore an Achilles, and grounded out to end my team's season in front of an angry home playoff crowd, aka pulling a Ryan Howard (11):

Frank Wren ATL
Jed Hoyer BOS
Chris Antonetti CLE
Dan O'Dowd COL
Dave Dombrowski DET
Jeff Luhnow HOU
Michael Hill MIA
Doug Melvin MIL
Terry Ryan MIN
Ruben Amaro, Jr. PHI
Josh Byrnes SD


I probably should have remembered more of the longer-tenured GMs. I'll study up and see how I do tomorrow!