The fallout from the Yankees’ disappointing 2021 season has started, as New York will not renew the contracts of hitting coach Marcus Thames and third base coach Phil Nevin, sources have confirmed to ESPN.
The Yankees also are expected to not renew the deal of assistant hitting coach P.J. Pilittere, sources confirm to ESPN.
The moves mark a staff shakeup under manager Aaron Boone, whose job security also has come under scrutiny after the Yankees’ third-place finish in the AL East and loss to the rival Boston Red Sox in the AL Wild-Card Game.
Sources told ESPN earlier this week that Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner is inclined to keep Boone as manager, although the situation remains fluid. Boone has managed the Yankees to the postseason in each of his four seasons in The Bronx but does not have a contract for 2022.
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1. villageidiom Posted: October 14, 2021 at 04:34 PM (#6046359)One bad send and you're out!
Well, that plus the other 22 guys thrown out at home during the regular season ...
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Yankees Suck!
Sure he can. A little known rule is that any time a runner gets to third, the 3B coach can run for them free of penalty. Doesn’t even mean the player has to leave the game, he can go back in the field or take his next turn at bat. But because managers insist on hiring their old, slow, out of shape buddies to coach third instead of the next Herb Washington, the rule is barely known.
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