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NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi is back in pinstripes, taking over as New York Yankees manager from his mentor.
Girardi was hired Tuesday, agreeing to a three-year contract to replace Joe Torre in New York's dugout.
Girardi will sign a three-year contract worth approximately $7.5 million, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reports.
The team scheduled a conference call for 4:30 p.m. to announce the move.
According to Olney, one person Girardi would want on his staff would be former Cubs pitcher Mike Harkey, perhaps as pitching coach.
Paul O'Neill told 1050 ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand he "wouldn't rule out" joining Girardi's coaching staff. O'Neill said he and Girardi are longtime friends and they spoke a lot during the season; both worked for YES, the Yankees' television network.
"I will probably talk with him at some point [about a coaching position]," O'Neill said.
O'Neill said he will wait to call Girardi, because he doesn't want to be a nuisance during Girardi's decision-making process.
Girardi was a catcher for the Yankees from 1996-99, served as a bench coach in 2005, then managed the Marlins the following year and was NL Manager of the Year. He kept a young team in contention until September, then was fired, apparently for clashing with owner Jeffrey Loria and others above him.
The 43-year-old Girardi last summer turned down an offer to be the Baltimore Orioles' manager, choosing instead to spend time with his father, who had health problems.
"Joe Girardi is a good man," Joe Torre said Monday on "Late Show with David Letterman." "He's got a feel for this organization."
Torre declined a one-year offer to return at a reduced salary after leading the team to four World Series championships and 12 playoff appearances in as many seasons.
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Joe Girardi is the 20th former Yankees player to go on to manage New York:
Manager Record
Yogi Berra 192-148
Frank Chance 117-168
Hal Chase 86-80
Bucky Dent 36-53
Bill Dickey 57-48
Wild Bill Donovan 220-239
Kid Elberfeld 27-71
Clark Griffith 419-370
Ralph Houk 944-806
Dick Howser 103-60
Billy Martin 556-385
Joe McCarthy 1460-867
John McGraw 94-96
Gene Michael 92-76
Roger Peckinpaugh 10-10
Lou Piniella 224-193
Wilbert Robinson 24-57
Bob Shawkey 86-68
Harry Wolverton 50-102
Girardi was the first to interview on Oct. 22, followed by bench coach Don Mattingly on Tuesday and Tony Pena on Wednesday. Pena won AL Manager of the Year in 2003 after the Kansas City Royals (83-79) posted their first winning season since 1994 -- Hank Steinbrenner told The Times that Pena was "definitely under consideration."
Mattingly will not accept a position on the Yankees coaching staff, Marchand and ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney are reporting.
"Don was extremely disappointed that he wasn't the organization's choice to fill the manager's vacancy," Mattingly's agent, Ray Schulte, said in a statement.
Sources say the Dodgers are expected to fire Grady Little and would like to hire Joe Torre as his replacement.
If Torre is hired, Mattingly would likely move with him to Los Angeles as a coach -- joining the organization that selected his son, Preston, in the first round of the 2006 amateur draft.
Girardi inherits a team in transition and one without Alex Rodriguez. He also is not assured of getting back pitchers Andy Pettitte and Mariano Rivera or catcher Jorge Posada.
Rivera and his agent, Fernando Cuza, were at Legends Field in Tampa on Tuesday, to talk with Yankees officials. The ace reliever, who has filed for free agency, said only, "We've got to see something."
Afterward, Cuza said they had a good meeting but wouldn't speculate as to whether Rivera will be a Yankee next season.
"I don't know," Cuza said. "It's up to them."
Rodriguez informed the Yankees on Sunday that he was terminating his contract and becoming a free agent. The Yankees have repeatedly said they wouldn't negotiate with A-Rod if he hit the open market.
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