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With Torre out, Yanks Start Interviewing

Posted Oct 23, 07 4:25 AM CDT in US,  Sports 

(Newser) – Former Yankee catcher Joe Girardi spent yesterday meeting with team officials, interviewing for Joe Torre's old job as New York's manager, reports the Times. He'll be followed today by the team's current bench coach Don Mattingly, and tomorrow Yankees first-base coach Tony Pena will jump into the interview pool.

Mattingly is thought by some to be the preferred candidate of team owner George Steinbrenner, though some of the interviewers appeared to hold Girardi in similarly high regard. Pena faces the disadvantage of being the only one of the three who has not played for the Yankees. A fourth potential candidate, Tony La Russa, re-signed with his St. Louis Cardinals yesterday.

Source New York Times

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Joe Girardi, left, leaves the New York Yankees spring training complex at Legends Field on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 in Tampa, Fla. after being interviewed for the Yankees' new manager position. Yankees general...   (Associated Press)
From left are Don Mattingly, Joe Girardi and Tony La Russa. Mattingly and Girardi are the top candidates to replace New York Yankee manager Joe Torre. LaRussa, who was talked about as another possibility,...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees bench coach Don Mattingly walks from home plate with the line up before the Seattle Mariners and the Yankees play their baseball game, at Yankee Stadium in New York, in this May 7, 2007...   (Associated Press)
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