Jon Heyman just tweeted that, in addition to Thad Levine turning down the opportunity to interview for the Astros' GM job, the White Sox' Rick Hahn and MLB's Kim Ng also turned the Astros down.
Provided that the Astros don't hire Andrew Friedman, whomever is the next GM can take comfort that, at best, they were Plan D.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
