THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS filled their general manager vacancy a week ago, when they hired 30-year-old David Stearns.
The Red Sox also found a GM to work under new president Dave Dombrowski last week in the person of Mike Hazen. Yesterday, the Seattle Mariners hired former Los Angeles Angels GM Jerry Dipoto.
Batter up, Mr. MacPhail?
The Phillies' season ends in five days. What follows, "in earnest," according to incoming team president Andy MacPhail, will be an extensive search for the replacement for Ruben Amaro Jr. as general manager in the changing front office at One Citizens Bank Way.