RANGERS INTERVIEW GIRARDI
World Series champion Joe Girardi was interviewed Friday by the Texas Rangers in their search for a new manager.
Girardi, the former New York Yankees and Florida Marlins manager, was the first person with big-league managerial experience interviewed by the Rangers. The team is making no public comments about the first round of managerial interviews.
Girardi managed the Yankees to a World Series title in 2009. He had a 910-710 re- cord over 10 seasons in New York (200817). His contract wasn’t renewed after the Yankees lost to eventual World Series champion Houston in a seven-game ALCS last October, and he was a studio analyst for MLB Network this season.
The Rangers previously interviewed Chicago Cubs bench coach Brandon Hyde, Astros bench coach Joe Espada and Texas assistant general manager Jayce Tingler.