David Forst
| David Forst | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 18, 1976 Santa Monica, California |
| Residence | Berkeley, California |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (Sociology; 1998) |
| Occupation | General manager |
| Organization | Oakland Athletics |
| Home town | Encino, California |
| Predecessor | Billy Beane |
| Spouse(s) | Rebe Glass |
David Lee Forst (born May 18, 1976) is an American baseball executive with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. He is the general manager of the Athletics.
Forst was born in in Santa Monica, California, and raised in Encino, California. He attended Brentwood School in Brentwood, Los Angeles. Forst's wife is Rebe Glass, a lawyer with the San Francisco law firm Cooley Godward Kronish. He had met her at Harvard, where Glass was captain of the soccer team and a member of the 1997 All-Ivy Team, Second Team. They have a son (Judah) and a daughter (Sasha), and live in Berkeley, California.
Forst attended Harvard University, where he played college baseball for the Harvard Crimson. Forst was the Crimson's starting shortstop and team captain, and in his senior year he batted .406/.437/.624, while setting a school record with 67 hits. He was named an All-America third-team shortstop. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in sociology from Harvard in 1998.
Forst attended spring training with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1999. He played for the Springfield Capitals of the independent Frontier League in 1998 (batting .280/.350/.320; playing primarily third base) and 1999 (batting .294/.362/.376; playing primarily shortstop).
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