Girardi Completes Yankees Interview

After an interview that stretched over 6 hours, Joe Girardi left with a good feeling and mentioned that he thought his chances were good. This despite many public observers' sentiment that Don Mattingly, bench coach for the New York Yankees when Joe Torres was manager, was ahead of the poll with the Yankees management.

While Girardi managed the Florida Marlins to a respectable 78 wins in 2006, many felt that his past playing time with certain current members of the Yankees roster such as Derek Jeter could play against him. Girardi also clash with the Marlins management on more than a few occasions in his first year as their manager, leading to a premature end of his 3 year contract.

Given that he spent 2007 as a media broadcaster with the YES Network, it remains to be seen if he would remain a strong candidate for the post after further Yankees interviews with Mattingly and possibly first-base coach Tony Pena.