http://tinyurl.com/pm4ko

This is a good thing. The new manager will hire new coaches.

So if Girardi becomes the manager do you think Steve Stone would be
interested in being a pitching coach?

"Eric Margheim" <NOSPAM***ericm@charter.net***NOSPAM> wrote in
news:k5bVg.27$Mz5.10@newsfe04.lga:


I always wondered why Stone never became a pitching coach. It's
possible that no one ever offered him the job, but I've never heard
him express a desire to do it like he does with being a GM or owner.

Michael Lanasa wrote:

Stone got a pretty darn good gig not too long after retiring from the
sport. IIRC, he got his first job in 1982, with his last pitch thrown
coming in 1981. Now to get this type of offer so soon after finishing as
a player likely plays a large role in determining the course of your
future career. Obviously he could have stopped at any time to pursue
coaching, however, that likely would have meant at least a year or two,
if not more, as a minor league coach. Money aside, it would be hard to
see the trade-off, going from first class hotels and team flights to
minor league hotels and overnight bus rides. My guess, and its merely a
guess, is that he just preferred the major league broadcast job to an
internship in the minors.

Stone, on WSCR on Tuesday, didn't go so far as to dispel rumors of his
desire to be a GM, however he did make it seem as though it were
something he'd have to really think about if the offer were to come his
way. Yes, a big part of this is the fact that he is married and living
in the Phoenix area with his wife (not the case two years ago). He likes
the six month job, something that is not the case with a GM job. I think
the bottom line is that while he may wish to return to the Cubs
broadcasters job, he seems like he is at the point in his life where he
has a good live and is happy to have six months off and not have a high
stress job.

DmL