Earlier in the week, Tom Kirkendall called attention to a story by the Chronicle‘s Jose de Jesus Ortiz that appeared clearly to be a hit piece on former Astros general manager Gerry Hunsicker on behalf of either Drayton McLane or one of his lackeys in the Astros organization:
The first time I knew Hunsicker’s days were numbered with the Astros was when he flirted with the New York Mets for their vacant general manager’s job after the 2003 season. A report in the Newark Star-Ledger stated that Hunsicker wanted out of Houston because he had been overruled when he wanted to hire Tony Pe
