Girardi on All-Star staff

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All Star Game Coaching Staffs Announced
Published 5/16/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
Here's MLB's press release via Peter Abraham: American League All-Star manager Terry Francona of the Boston Red Sox and National League All-Star manager Clint Hurdle of the Colorado Rockies have announced the managers who will serve as their coaches at the 79th All-Star Game, to be played on Tuesday, July 15th at Yankee Stadium. Francona has invited Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland and New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi to serve as the A.L. coaches. Francona’s Boston coaching staff – first base coach Luis Alicea, pitching coach John ...

Rumblin', Bumblin', and Stumblin' News- 5/16/08 Edition
Published 5/16/2008 by Paul M. Fiore (noreply@blogger.com) at Yankees Tonight
... game at 20-22 playing the Mets. Anyway, lets get to the news... Rumors are swirling, mainly Pete Abe from LoHud Yankees Blog, that Willie Randolph may not last the weekend has Mets manager. I can understand from what I've heard on WFAN that this team has no fire and probably is going to need a change but where are they going to hire and who are they going to hire? Jerry Manuel? Joe Girardi will be on the coaching staff of Terry Francona at the 79th All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. ( Source ) Congrats to Joe Girardi on the honor and to be honest Francona has a lot of class ...

One Joe in, another out for All Star Game
Published 5/16/2008 by Ben K. at River Ave. Blues
... Via PeteAbe comes some news on All Star Game coaches. Terry Francona, the AL manager, has invited Yanks’ manager Joe Girardi to join him on the All Star Game coaching staff. That’s a nice gesture for Francona, but I have to believe some external pressure may have been applied here. Sadly, Clint Hurdle did not ask Joe Torre to join him in the NL dugout. Despite the acrimonious divorce last fall, Torre deserves to be in uniform in the Bronx for this game. It’s a shame he won’t be. ...