Sears' new director is no stranger to 'Moneyball'
Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based Sears Holdings Corp. has added Paul G. DePodesta to its board of directors.
DePodesta is currently VP player development and amateur scouting for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball, but he is more famous as the young, forward-thinking, statistics-obsessed Oakland A's executive upon whom the Jonah Hill character was partially based in the recent movie "Moneyball."
DePodesta, who has not yet been named to any committees of the board, meets the company's standards of independence, as well as those of NASDAQ, Sears said.