Both also have very strong ownership groups that actively participate in decision making. The key is to find the right trust and mix between the two, the right back and forth that actually makes for better management and decision making, and the right relationship between the personalities. Here’s hoping we find that here. Owners can’t micromanage day to day but there’s nothing wrong with them taking an active role in consultation with the GM, and for the GM also to give analytics, scouting and others an active role and respect. A good office works together well.
This sounds like platitudes and cliches, but there’s a truth there. Cashman largely operates the Yankees by consensus not only between himself and ownership but between himself and those reporting to him.