Question: The 2004 Los Angeles Dodgers season began with the hiring of what now-NFL executive to take over the team?
Context: The 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers season is the 128th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 60th season in Los Angeles, California.  They finished the season with the most wins in Los Angeles team history with a major league best 104 wins (2nd best in overall team history, tied with the 1942 team and behind only the 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers).  They won their fifth straight National League West championship and will play the wild card winner in the Division Series. The 2004 season brought change to the Dodgers as the sale of the franchise to developer Frank McCourt was finalized during spring training.  McCourt promptly dismissed General Manager Dan Evans and hired Paul DePodesta to take over the team.  That led to a flurry of trade activity as the new group attempted to rebuild the Dodgers in their image. The 1962 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the fifth for the team in Southern California, and the 73rd for the franchise in the National League.  After spending the previous four seasons at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, they began the season by opening Dodger Stadium, the team's new ballpark.  The stadium opened on April 10 with a game against the Cincinnati Reds.  The Dodgers proceeded to win a Los Angeles record 102 games and tied the San Francisco Giants for first place in the National League.  The Giants won the ensuing playoff series two games to one. The 2016 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 127th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 59th season in Los Angeles, California.  They began the season with a new manager in Dave Roberts.  The Dodgers in 2016 set a new Major League record for the most players placed on the disabled list in one season.  On September 25, they clinched their fourth consecutive National League West division championship, the first team in the division ever to do so and defeated the Washington Nationals in five games in the Division Series.  They were defeated by the Chicago Cubs; the eventual World Series champion, in six games in the National League Championship Series.  This was the 67th and final season for Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully. In the 2011 Los Angeles Dodgers season, the team was attempting to rebound from its fourth-place National League West finish in 2010.  This was the franchise's 54th season in Southern California, since moving from Brooklyn after the 1957 season.  The Dodgers struggled in the 1st half of the season but wound up finishing with a winning record thanks to playing good baseball in August and September.  They still finished the season in third place.  Some positives included pitcher Clayton Kershaw winning the NL Pitching Triple Crown and Cy Young Award, and Outfielder Matt Kemp leading the league in Home Runs and RBI and finishing second for the NL MVP. The 1967 Los Angeles Dodgers season marked the end of the franchise's most successful era on the ballpark.  One season after losing the World Series to the Baltimore Orioles, the Dodgers declined to a record of 73–89, and finished ahead of only the Houston Astros and the New York Mets in the National League race, 28½ games behind the NL and World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.  It was the Dodgers’ worst record since the war-affected 1944 season, and their worst peacetime record since 1937.  The Dodgers would not return to the postseason until 1974. The 2014 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 125th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 57th season in Los Angeles.  On April 30, the Dodgers picked up their 10,000th win since joining the National League in 1890.  They proceeded to win their second straight NL West championship but lost in four games to the St. Louis Cardinals in the Division Series. The 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers season was a poor one for the team as it finished last in the Western Division of the National League with a record of 63 wins and 99 losses.  Despite boasting what was nicknamed the "Outfield of Dreams", being manned by Eric Davis, Brett Butler, and Darryl Strawberry, injuries to key players and slumps from others contributed to the franchise's worst season since moving to Los Angeles.  Additionally, the Dodgers cancelled four home games during the season due to the L.A. Riots.  Despite the poor finish, the Dodgers had some hope for the future as first baseman Eric Karros won the National League Rookie of the Year Award, the first of five consecutive Dodger players to do so.  The 1992 season also saw the Dodgers drop television station KTTV Ch.11 as their chief broadcaster of Dodger baseball, ending a 34 year-35 consecutive season association with that station.  Additionally, it was the first time the Dodgers lost 90 games in a season since 1944. Paul DePodesta (born December 16, 1972) is the chief strategy officer for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL). The 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the Dodgers' 124th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 56th season in Los Angeles.  The Dodgers dealt with a series of injuries to key players during the first half of the season and on June 21 were 31-42, 9 1/2 games back in last place in the NL West.  Beginning with a 6-1 win over the San Diego Padres on June 22, the return of the injured players, and the emergence of rookie Yasiel Puig, they went 46-10 through August 23 as the rest of the division collapsed.  On September 19, they clinched the Western Division title.  This was the earliest the Dodgers had ever clinched a title and the largest deficit they had ever overcome to win the division.  They opened the playoffs by defeating the Atlanta Braves in the Division Series and advanced to the NL Championship Series.  In the NLCS, they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in six games.
Answer: Paul DePodesta