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YankeesYANKEES
Donnie next to Joe
Both as bench coach in '07 and top candidate to be Torre's successor
BY JIM BAUMBACH AND KEN DAVIDOFF
Newsday Staff Writers
October 27, 2006
Guessing Joe Torre's successor has long been a parlor game for Yankees fans.
But never in Torre's 11 years as Yankees manager has a plan for succession
seemed as clear as it does now.
Don Mattingly learned yesterday he will replace Lee Mazzilli as bench coach,
several people familiar with the situation said, moving him one important
step closer to the manager's seat.
The decision, first reported by Newsday on its Web site last night,
is the Yankees' most public statement to date that they view Mattingly
as Torre's most capable and ready replacement.
Torre's three-year, $19.2-million contract expires after the 2007 season,
and he has been put on notice that the Yankees must win the World Series
or else. George Steinbrenner initially wanted to fire Torre after the
Yankees were eliminated by the Tigers in the Division Series earlier
this month, but he ultimately decided against it.
General manager Brian Cashman was at Yankee Stadium with his pro scouts
planning the offseason course of action and was unavailable for comment
yesterday.
Torre's in-game managing during the postseason has been a subject of
discussion within the organization, and that did not paint Mazzilli's
influence as bench coach in a positive light.
Mazzilli was a Yankees coach from 2000-03 and returned this season as
bench coach after managing the Orioles for a season and a half. Though
it's not clear if the Yankees offered him another job in the organization,
Mazzilli definitely will not be a part of their big-league coaching staff.
Former Marlins manager Joe Girardi, who was Torre's bench coach in 2005 and
who is expected to be a YES Network broadcaster in 2007, also is a potential
Torre successor.
Mattingly, a widely popular fan favorite as a player, returned to the
Yankees in 2004 as hitting coach after spending the previous eight seasons
at home with his family in Indiana. More and more, he expressed an interest
in managing. Just last month, he told Newsday: "I'm definitely learning,
learning all the time. I learn from everyone. I learn from watching other
teams, watching other managers ... You've always got to keep learning."
He acknowledged in spring training that he understands that managing the
Yankees is significantly different from most major-league clubs, something
he learned from working for Torre after playing here.
"I think it always helps when you know what's going on here," Mattingly
said last March. "It's different than most. It's still baseball, but it's
different playing here than Kansas City. It's the Yankees. It's a big deal.
There are just pressures that are part of the deal."
Kevin Long, the Yankees' Triple-A hitting coach, and former Yankees Tim
Raines, Chili Davis and Chris Chambliss are among the likely candidates
to replace Mattingly as hitting coach. Long has spent the last three years
in Triple-A and has received high grades from team executives. He served
as Columbus' acting manager in 2006 while Dave Miley was out with back
problems.
The Yankees fired Chambliss as their hitting coach after the 2000 season,
but that decision came from their Tampa faction. Cashman has always been
a supporter of Chambliss, who recently was fired as Reds hitting coach.
Raines, recently fired as White Sox bench coach, has always been well
regarded by the Yankees. Davis has not worked full-time in baseball since
he retired as a player after the 1999 season.
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