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 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Gerry Hunsicker is excited about the prospect of making a difference with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. The perennial doormat team hired the former Houston Astros general manager as its No. 2 baseball man on Thursday, giving the club a proven front office executive to work with the club's young and inexperienced head of baseball operations.
Hunsicker, 55, spent nine seasons in Houston, helping assemble the team that went to the National League championship series in 2004 and the World Series this year.
With Tampa Bay, he'll be responsible for helping 28-year-old Andrew Friedman turn around a franchise that's never won more than 70 games in a season and finished last in seven of its eight seasons.
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