<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Bernazard talks to Pirates<div><span style="font-style: italic">Sep 14</span> - The Pirates have interviewed current Mets assistant GM Tony Bernazard for their vacant general manager's job, reports ESPN's Peter Gammons. </p>Bernazard is currently an assistant to Omar Minaya, and before that was an executive with the Players Association following his playing career. </p>Sources have also told the Philadelphia Daily News that Ruben Amaro Jr., the Phillies' assistant GM, might be the front-runner for the Pirates' job. </p>Amaro, who has already interviewed for the Astros' vacant GM job, told the Daily News that the Pirates had yet to ask the Phillies for permission to interview him.</div></div>
