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Now that the announcement has been made that the Phillies have finally interviewed front-runner Gerry Hunsicker chances are improving that he will be the new GM. Essentially the race is between him and Pat Gillick. However it is obvious that Hunsicker is the fan's favorite. I thought then we should take this opportunity to learn a bit more about the leading candidate. Gillick will be profiled later this week.
As many of you know, the 55 year old Hunsicker is a Philadelphia area native. He grew up in Collegeville, Montgomery County, which interestingly enough is home to only one major college, Ursinus (and even that's a stretch). He attended Saint Joseph's University where he was an All-Conference baseball player. In 2000, he returned to his alma mater to speak on labor relations and the prospect of long-term fiscal sanity of baseball (article written by a young shallowcenter blogger).
Gerry Hunsicker's professional career began, for all intents and purposes, in 1988 with the New York Mets. There he worked for seven seasons, first as director of minor-league operations and then as assistant GM.
On Nov. 10, 1995, he was plucked to become GM of the Houston Astros. The 'st