[新聞] Yanks split on Girardi, Mattingly

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Yanks split on Girardi, Mattingly
Friday, October 26, 2007
BY ED PRICE
Star-Ledger Staff


The Yankees' choice for manager might tell a good deal about their owner's
status.

The team is apparently still undecided between Don Mattingly -- George
Steinbrenner's preference -- and Joe Girardi.

At about 5:30 p.m. yesterday, Steinbrenner spokesman Howard Rubenstein
issued a statement: "The evaluation process is continuing and there will
be no immediate decision or announcement."

A Yankees official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of
the sensitive nature of the discussions, said there would be no decision
last night but did not rule out something today.

"As far as making the decision, it will be before the end of
 (the World Series)," Hank Steinbrenner, the owner's older son,
told The Associated Press. "No question."

A baseball official familiar with the Yankees plans, who asked not to
be named because the process is ongoing, said the wait has nothing to
do with Major League Baseball's edict prohibiting major announcements
during the World Series. Once they pick a manager, the Yankees could
ask commissioner Bud Selig for permission to go public.

Selig would seem to grant that only on a Series off-day, the first of
which is today. With an announcement today looking unlikely, the next
opportunity would be Tuesday -- unless the World Series ends in a Boston
sweep on Sunday.

When Joe Torre last week turned down the Yankees' offer of a one-year
contract, Mattingly became the favorite. He got into coaching in order
to become a manager some day, and he was moved to bench coach a year ago
to further groom him for the job.

But Steinbrenner and sons Hank and Hal -- who serve as team executives --
wanted to hear from their baseball people. So the interviewees, including
first-base coach Tony Pena, met with a large contingent from the front
office.

According a baseball official in contact with Yankees management, who
asked not to be identified because the situation is in flux, the baseball
operations department, including general manager Brian Cashman, have been
pushing for Girardi. Those arguments, the official said, seem to have
swayed Hank and Hal Steinbrenner.

That leaves George, who all along intended to hire Mattingly.

If Mattingly gets the job, it shows that Steinbrenner -- despite being in
his late 70s and ceding more and more control of the team -- is still The
Boss. But should the Yankees hire Girardi, it could signify a changing of
the guard.

There are two potential pitfalls to hiring Girardi. Catcher Jorge Posada,
who is a free agent and could not easily be replaced, has told people he
is not comfortable with his former teammate. The issues are unclear but
seem to date to 2005, when Girardi was Yankees bench coach.

Also, hiring Girardi could run the risk of insulting Mattingly, who wants
the job and probably believes he has apprenticed for it. Some who know
Mattingly say he would not agree to remain a coach under Girardi, and
after the Torre debacle, the Yankees might not want another public-relations
mess -- this time with a popular former captain.

"We haven't made the final decision yet, really," Hank Steinbrenner said.
"We've got a lot of brilliant baseball people going over this process and
interviews they did with the candidates. We're taking it all in."

Mattingly spokesman Ray Schulte last night wrote in an e-mail: "At this time,
we haven't heard any news from the Yankee organization nor have any
expectations of when they will inform Don of their decision."

Pena and Girardi did not return phone calls.

Meanwhile, according to the first official, the Yankees want to meet with
Alex Rodriguez and agent Scott Boras. Rodriguez can opt out of his
contract any time before 10 days after the end of the World Series, and
the Yankees -- who insist they will not try to re-sign him should he
opt out -- plan to offer Rodriguez a contract extension to keep him from
testing the free-agent market.

Should the Yankees not hire him, Girardi could go to the Los Angeles Dodgers,
possibly as bench coach. Girardi's name has been discussed within the Dodgers
organization since early this month.

Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti was said to be unhappy with his
coaching staff last season, feeling that the young players underachieved,
and is searching for a bench coach to work under manager Grady Little.
Colletti worked in the Chicago Cubs front office during Girardi's first
playing stint with the Cubs (1989-92).

It isn't clear whether Girardi would want to go back to being a bench coach,
the position he held with the Yankees in 2005. But it appears that the
Dodgers are going to hire a bench coach without the input of Little, an
indication that Little is on the hot seat.

Dan Graziano contributed to this report.

Ed Price may be reached at [e-mail]


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推 amax1120:Girardi一票！
推 egghead:要posada留下的話 就mattingly吧
推 siliver:我是比較支持老唐,洋基還是要以打擊為主啊!!
推 Minamii:Girardi一票...來點新的刺激
推 Minamii:Mattingly有呆過別的隊嗎..Girardi馬大魚帶的不錯
→ Minamii:話說這兩個應該都算托瑞的子弟兵吧..老托被學生換掉:p
推 oukeheo:Girarid只在洋基當過三年捕手 (他待最久的是小熊) 老唐卻
→ oukeheo:整個球員生涯都在洋基 比人氣小喬沒得比啦! 再說總教練是
→ oukeheo:老闆一個人說了算  看來小喬得另謀出路啦!
推 tonylin:小喬....XD  那大喬是？....XDDDDD   我只想到三國無雙Orz
推 oukeheo:當然是失頭路的Joe Torre嘛~ hahaha
推 kony25:拜託有強者翻譯嗎?內容有些不是很懂...不好意思
推 merle:如果是Joe Girardi, 王又可以: 就...就...就...
推 yaoyi94:Joe+1  因為Joe的意志要流傳下去...XD
→ godblesssam:不是要去LA