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Steinbrenners Face 'Tough Decision'

Posted Oct 25, 07 6:48 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – Yankee officials have now interviewed all three of Joe Torre's potential successors, and so far team owner George Steinbrenner and sons Hank and Hal are "impressed" with all of them—and concede they've got a "tough decision" to make. Whoever the "slight favorite" is, he'll take the helm of a team "in transition" that won't be expected to dominate right off the bat, according to the bosses.

Hank Steinbrenner, sounding utterly unlike his impatient father, stressed that management does want the Yankees to win, but isn't "stupid enough to think we can do it every year." Whoever steps into Torre's shoes—Joe Girardi, Don Mattingly and Tony Pena each sat through a day of interviews this week—will enjoy some time to build his team.

Source New York Daily News

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Hank Steinbrenner, son of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, takes a break while meeting at Legends Field, the Yankees spring training facility Wednesday Oct. 17, 2007 in Tampa, Fla. Steinbrenner...   (Associated Press)
New York Yankees' first base coach Tony Pena leaves the Yankees' spring training facility in Tampa, Fla. during an interview for the open manager position on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Craig...   (Associated Press)
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