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Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. is a smart man. He graduated from Stanford with a B.S. in Human Biology and from all accounts has been a fundamental aspect of the Phillies' success in recent years.  Amaro is also a baseball man.  He played in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, and Toronto Blue Jays. He spent 10 years as assistant general manager to the Phillies under Ed Wade and Pat Gillick and has been the general manager for two years now.  With Amaro as assistant general manager, the Phillies made the playoffs for the first time in a decade and won the World Series. In his first full year as general manager, the Phillies returned to the World Series. This kind of success generally gives you a small grace period from s ...

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