Facts: - caption: bavasi in 2007 with the seattle mariners - organization: los -rrb- seattle mariners -lrb- 2003 -- 2008 -rrb- angeles angels of anaheim -lrb- 1994 -- 1999 - birth date: 27 december 1957 - name: bill bavasi - occupation: general manager - image: bill bavasi 2007.jpg - birth place: scarsdale , new york - alma mater: university of san diego Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of bill bavasi .
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william j. bavasi , born december 27 , 1957 in scarsdale , new york , is a former major league baseball general manager .he currently works as director of the major league baseball scouting bureau , appointed in november 2014 .bavasi previously served as an assistant to the gm for the cincinnati reds , under reds general manager walt jocketty .the son of longtime mlb executive buzzie bavasi and the brother of peter bavasi , also a former mlb executive , bill also spent six full seasons -lrb- 1994 -- 99 -rrb- as the general manager of the california/anaheim angels and a 4 1/2 season stint with the seattle mariners -lrb- 2003 -- 08 -rrb- .