With the baseball season in the rearview mirror for 22 teams, expect incoming Phillies president Andy MacPhail to accelerate his search for the team's next general manager.
MacPhail has stated his goal of having a general manager in place by the annual organizational meetings, which begin Oct. 26. That timetable provides the next three weeks for MacPhail to continue to conduct first interviews with candidates, call back some for second interviews, and then make a final decision on the position.
Thus far in the process, though, MacPhail, 62, has operated under a cloak of secrecy. The longtime baseball executive revealed on Sept.