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Joe Girardi was fromally introduced today as Yankee Manager…and also name his coaches for the 2008 season. Returning to the coaching staff will be Tony Pena (1st Base coach), and Kevin Long (Hitting coach). Additionally, Rob Thomson, the Yankees’ Major League field coordinator last year and an 18-year veteran of the organization, appears in line to serve as Girardi’s bench coach.
Bobby Meacham will serve as the 3rd base coach, and Triple-A pitching coach Dave Eiland appears in line to step in to fill that same role for the Yankees, though those arrangements have not been finalized. Cashman said that it is possible the club could find a spot in the organization for pitching coach Ron Guidry, saying that he plans to be in touch with the former Yankees hurler.



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