Depending on whom you talked to, George Steinbrenner commented on the Joe Torre situation without a successor in mind, or Steinbrenner wants to insert Don Mattingly and pair him with a veteran bench coach.
Others in the organization are pushing former Yankees player, coach, Marlins manager and current YES announcer Joe Girardi. The wild card is Tony La Russa, who is rumored to be on the move out of St. Louis. La Russa certainly has the credentials and he is from Steinbrenner's beloved Tampa.
“You know it's New York, it's part of what you go through on a daily basis," said Mattingly, a former Yankee great and Torre's bench coach.
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