Bowa hired; Pena next?
November 2, 2005
Finalizing the coaching staff was high on the Yankees' agenda as they kicked off their organizational meetings yesterday, and by the day's end they were inching closer.The Yankees announced the hiring of Larry Bowa as third-base coach - their first official move - and former Royals manager Tony Pena confirmed he's had discussions about coaching first base.
"I think working for a ballclub like the New York Yankees, it's a privilege," Pena said in a telephone interview. "It's a ballclub where you know you have a chance to win."With Lee Mazzilli, Ron Guidry and Joe Kerrigan also likely to be hired, the staff promises to be overhauled, with only hitting coach Don Mattingly back in the same role.After emerging from the three-hour organizational meeting, general manager Brian Cashman said he wants the "best coaching staff possible," and has spent most of his time putting it together, even though the Yankees have a firm date of Nov. 15 to sign Hideki Matsui.Because Matsui does not have the service time to be a free agent, the Yankees agreed to put a clause in his three-year contract saying they will release him if they can't reach a new deal by Nov. 15. Teams cannot re-sign players they release until May 1."It's definitely an issue that we have to deal with, because time is a consideration with him," Cashman said. But he's only exchanged voicemails with agent Arn Tellem, and has not reached out to other agents, because he's been busy with in-house work.With Luis Sojo not expected back, the Yankees lose a coach valued for dealing with their Spanish-speaking players. Pena, who would fill that role, is eager to get back to the majors and didn't expect problems breaking his commitment to manage the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic so he could be with the Yankees for all of spring training."You're not going to be able to see or know any of the players unless you start right away," he said. "It's something that I already spoke to the committee here about."Pena also confirmed he has to return to Kansas City to testify in a divorce hearing that came to light when he resigned from the Royals, but didn't think that will hurt his chances of getting hired by the Yankees.Bowa, meanwhile, said on a conference call the Yankees are the only team he would have coached for. "You've got to like that feeling, knowing going into spring training [George Steinbrenner] is going to give you every possible way to be successful," Bowa said.
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Finalizing the coaching staff was high on the Yankees' agenda as they kicked off their organizational meetings yesterday, and by the day's end they were inching closer.The Yankees announced the hiring of Larry Bowa as third-base coach - their first official move - and former Royals manager Tony Pena confirmed he's had discussions about coaching first base.
"I think working for a ballclub like the New York Yankees, it's a privilege," Pena said in a telephone interview. "It's a ballclub where you know you have a chance to win."With Lee Mazzilli, Ron Guidry and Joe Kerrigan also likely to be hired, the staff promises to be overhauled, with only hitting coach Don Mattingly back in the same role.After emerging from the three-hour organizational meeting, general manager Brian Cashman said he wants the "best coaching staff possible," and has spent most of his time putting it together, even though the Yankees have a firm date of Nov. 15 to sign Hideki Matsui.Because Matsui does not have the service time to be a free agent, the Yankees agreed to put a clause in his three-year contract saying they will release him if they can't reach a new deal by Nov. 15. Teams cannot re-sign players they release until May 1."It's definitely an issue that we have to deal with, because time is a consideration with him," Cashman said. But he's only exchanged voicemails with agent Arn Tellem, and has not reached out to other agents, because he's been busy with in-house work.With Luis Sojo not expected back, the Yankees lose a coach valued for dealing with their Spanish-speaking players. Pena, who would fill that role, is eager to get back to the majors and didn't expect problems breaking his commitment to manage the Dominican team in the World Baseball Classic so he could be with the Yankees for all of spring training."You're not going to be able to see or know any of the players unless you start right away," he said. "It's something that I already spoke to the committee here about."Pena also confirmed he has to return to Kansas City to testify in a divorce hearing that came to light when he resigned from the Royals, but didn't think that will hurt his chances of getting hired by the Yankees.Bowa, meanwhile, said on a conference call the Yankees are the only team he would have coached for. "You've got to like that feeling, knowing going into spring training [George Steinbrenner] is going to give you every possible way to be successful," Bowa said.
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