[新聞] Reports: Girardi accepts manager offer

[niceta (龍蝦大閘蟹帶血牛排)]

來源：http://tinyurl.com/yoywjs

Reports: Girardi accepts manager offer
Yankees to sign former Marlins skipper to three-year deal
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com

NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi has agreed to become the next manager of the Yankees,
succeeding Joe Torre, according to multiple reports.

ESPN.com first reported on Tuesday that Girardi has accepted the Yankees'
offer. The 2006 National League Manager of the Year will reportedly sign
a three-year contract worth approximately $7.5 million.

The Yankees have not officially announced the deal.

Girardi beat out candidates Don Mattingly and Tony Pena in an interview
process that was conducted over three consecutive days last week in Tampa,
Fla.

A former catcher for 15 Major League seasons who played on the Yankees'
1996, '98 and '99 World Series teams, Girardi is said to have impressed
the team brain trust with a prepared and analytical style. He spent the
2007 season as a broadcaster for the YES Network.

"Joe Girardi is a good man," Torre said on Monday on CBS' "Late Show with
David Letterman." "He's got a feel for this organization."

Girardi, 43, served as Torre's bench coach in 2005 before guiding the Marlins
to a 78-victory season in '06, keeping the club in NL Wild Card contention
into the final week of the campaign.

But he fell out of favor with owner Jeffrey Loria and general manager
Larry Beinfest, putting him in the awkward position of accepting his
Manager of the Year award some six weeks after being dismissed by Florida.
He was briefly pursued for managerial vacancies in Washington and Baltimore
before deciding to remain on the sidelines this year, spending time with
his ailing father.

Working this year as a broadcaster for the Yankees' YES Network, Girardi
also worked for FOX, who assigned him to broadcast coverage of the World
Series. He was on the field in Denver for Game 4 on Sunday as the Red Sox
celebrated a series sweep of the Rockies.

In a conference call with reporters after his lengthy interview in Tampa on
Oct. 22, meeting face-to-face with George Steinbrenner, sons Hank and Hal,
plus numerous club officials, Girardi said that he would have to treat the
Yankees' job as a different case than his Marlins experience.

"I think every managing job is different because of players and all the
parts," Girardi said on Oct. 22. "Everyone changes. It's different people
and different situations with different expectations.

"I think every job that you take is different, and I believe that every year
is different, because the people are going to change. The idea is still to
win a World Series and to win ballgames."

Girardi follows Torre, who led the club to 12 consecutive postseason
appearances and four World Series titles, but none since 2000.

Torre, who has been linked to the Dodgers job in published reports, turned
down a one-year, "performance-based" $5 million contract offer on Oct. 18,
ending his successful run with the Yankees.

Girardi's acceptance also ends Mattingly's four-year run as a Yankees coach.
One of the most popular figures in franchise history, Mattingly served for
three years as the club's hitting coach, and he spent this past season as
Torre's bench coach, keeping an eye on managing.

Informed by general manager Brian Cashman on Monday that he would not be
named the next skipper, Mattingly informed the Yankees that he would not
accept a coaching position with New York in 2008. Pena said in a conference
call with reporters that he would be amenable to returning as a coach if
he did not get the job.

Girardi inherits a Yankees club that likely bid farewell this week to
All-Star third baseman and AL MVP front-runner Alex Rodriguez, who elected
to opt out of his contract and end his four-year stay in New York.

Catcher Jorge Posada and closer Mariano Rivera were among a group of
five Yankees to file for free agency on Monday, and left-hander
Andy Pettitte still has not decided if he will trigger a $16 million
player option and return for another season.

--
※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) 
◆ From: 61.230.79.68
推 cerruti1881:三年七百五？所以一年才兩百五囉？
→ cerruti1881:還是年薪七百五？  @@
推 kennypippen:三年後 歡迎托瑞爺爺回來
推 freesoul:2.5M/yr
推 kony25:新聞怎說一年600萬美金><
推 ptt2005: 啊就是 3年 750萬美元 1年 250萬美元的啦
推 peterwu4:250就全聯盟前三高了吧
推 godblesssam:看來明年年輕化了 連總的都這麼YOUNG~