Jared Porter
American baseball executive (born 1979)
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- Jared Douglas Porter (born November 26, 1979) is an American sports and business executive.
- He served as the executive vice president and general manager of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) from December 13, 2020, to January 19, 2021, but was fired after an article was published revealing inappropriate text messages Porter had sent to a female reporter.
- In Minnesota, he attended both the Wayzata Public Schools and The Blake School (Minneapolis).
- While at Thayer Academy, Porter lettered in baseball, ice hockey, tennis, and football, playing hockey with future National Hockey League players David Gove, Mike Mottau, Brooks Orpik, and Ryan Whitney.
- At Bowdoin, Porter was the captain of the ice hockey and baseball teams his senior year.
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WikipediaJared Douglas Porter (born November 26, 1979) is an American sports and business executive. As a sports executive, he has won four World Series championships, three with the Boston Red Sox (2004, 2007, and 2013) and one with the Chicago Cubs (2016). He served as the executive vice president and general manager of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) from December 13, 2020, to January 19, 2021, but was fired after an article was published revealing inappropriate text messages Porter had sent to a female reporter.
Porter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, before settling with his family in Wayzata, Minnesota, where he lived from age 4–15. In Minnesota, he attended both the Wayzata Public Schools and The Blake School (Minneapolis). When he was 15, he moved with his family to Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he attended Boston College High School for 1-year before transferring to Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts. While at Thayer Academy, Porter lettered in baseball, ice hockey, tennis, and football, playing hockey with future National Hockey League players David Gove, Mike Mottau, Brooks Orpik, and Ryan Whitney. Porter attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and graduated in 2003 with a degree in history. At Bowdoin, Porter was the captain of the ice hockey and baseball teams his senior year.
On September 1, 2001, Porter's mother, Patricia Sullivan Porter, died in a car accident in a car driven by former Thayer Academy ice hockey coach Jack Foley. She was 48 years old. The two were driving back to the South Shore of Boston from Newport, Rhode Island when the 1998 Mercedes ML320 that Foley was driving flipped and ejected both occupants. Foley survived the crash with serious injuries.
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