Ocupation: Business executive
Life: b. November 11, 1961
Birthday: November 11
There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that could stay at those positions... they're very hard to acquire. Sometimes you have to overpay for them, because of that lack of inventory.
source: "Q&A: Kevin Towers, Diamondbacks GM". Interview with David Laurila, www.fangraphs.com. December 26, 2012.
topic: Thinking, Inventory, Sometimes, Shortstops