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MacPhail joins Phillies, will be president after season (The Associated Press)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Veteran baseball executive Andy MacPhail joined the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday with plans to take over as team president once the season is finished.

Philadelphia announced the move to eventually replace Pat Gillick, who helped choose his successor. MacPhail will serve as a special assistant to Gillick for the rest of this season, then take over all business and baseball operations, the Phillies said.

The 62-year-old MacPhail won two World Series as general manager of the Minnesota Twins in 1987 and 1991 and later served as president of the Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles.