Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

I don't think he'll go. This may be a biased opinion, but I think he'll stay in Atlanta another year and then go to Baltimore. He and Sam Perlozzo have been life-long friends, and Mazzone was quoted as saying he would like to end his career being a pitching coach for Sam if he ever got a job. Oh, how much he'd help Cabrera and Bedard...

[devilsjaw]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

If Mazzone wants another ring, he would leave!

[SPTO]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

I don't think he'll go. This may be a biased opinion, but I think he'll stay in Atlanta another year and then go to Baltimore. He and Sam Perlozzo have been life-long friends, and Mazzone was quoted as saying he would like to end his career being a pitching coach for Sam if he ever got a job. Oh, how much he'd help Cabrera and Bedard...

Then he should try to go to Baltimore this coming season. I can't see Perlozzo staying for more then a year with that club even tho he signed a 3 year deal.

[DuffysCliff]

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I wouldn't be suprised if Mazzone uses this to get a big contract extension from the Braves.

[TheLetterZ]

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I hope he leaves the Braves.

[BGarrett7]

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Not looking too good for the Atlanta faithful...

Mazzone may be New York-bound
Braves pitching coach negotiating with Yankees

By DAVID O'BRIEN
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 10/18/05

The New York Yankees are negotiating with Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone and could be close to getting him to trade in his tomahawk for pinstripes.

Hours after Yankees manager Joe Torre gave Mazzone a ringing endorsement Tuesday, Mazzone's attorney confirmed talks with the Yankees began several days ago and had progressed.

"We have been talking to the Yankees, that's correct," said attorney Jack Reale, who said he's negotiated with the Yankees and also had discussions with the Baltimore Orioles about their interest in Mazzone.

Mazzone, 57, didn't return messages left on his voicemail. He has been with the Braves organization since 1979 and been their major league pitching coach since 1990, coaching six Cy Young Award winners and nine 20-game winners in that span.

"Leo has great affection for the Braves organization and Bobby Cox but has reached a state in his career where, for his benefit and his family's benefit, he has to consider all his options," Reale said. "That's what he's in the process of doing right now. We're proceeding in a formalized manner."

One day after news spread that the Yankees received permission from the Braves to speak to Mazzone, Torre said he had recommend him as his next pitching coach.

"Leo is very good at what he does," Torre told reporters at a news conference Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, his first public comments since the Yankees were eliminated by the Los Angeles Angels in the first round of the playoffs. Torre also announced he will return as manager of the team next year.

"I was managing the Braves when Leo was in the minor league system over there. So he wouldn't be a stranger to me. . . . I'm going to be consulted. I hope that what I have to say goes a long way."

Mazzone's contract expires at the end of the month.

"All we're saying right now is 'no comment,' " Braves manager Bobby Cox said from Florida, where he's been in meetings with top Braves officials and scouts to begin planning the construction of next year's team.

"He's been invited back here. There's a verbal agreement."

That agreement, however, between Mazzone and general manager John Schuerholz only addresses what Mazzone would be paid if he's back with the Braves in 2006.

Like other Braves coaches, Mazzone works under one-year contracts. The team won't do multi-year deals with coaches.

The Orioles are interested in Mazzone, a friend of Baltimore manager Sam Perlozzo for many years. But that interest was initially complicated by the condition of highly regarded current Orioles pitching coach Ray Miller, who was still hospitalized after surgery for an aortic aneurysm.

Reale said the Orioles' situation had become clearer by Tuesday, though he declined to elaborate. "We have spoken to Baltimore," he said. "They're definitely in the picture."

Mel Stottlemyre, who quit last week after 10 seasons on the Yankees coaching staff, was the top-paid pitching coach in the majors at more than $400,000 annually — about $200,000 more than Mazzone was paid by the Braves.

Cox and Schuerholz are signed through 2006, and management uncertainty beyond that may have contributed to Mazzone's consideration of other offers.

Torre, who has two years left on his contract, considered stepping down after a season in which his staff came under frequent criticism by management. But after several days of positive meetings with team officials, he decided to stay.

The pitching coach job was discussed in those meetings.

"They asked me about what are my thoughts," Torre said. "I said I had no problem [with Mazzone]. I know him. A good guy. Obviously he's very good at what he does because of his track record in Atlanta."

Cite: AJC.com

[SPTO]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

Man it's gonna be weird seeing Mazzone in Yankee pinstripes. That's all I can say right now other then DAMNIT!



I hope the Yanks don't invest in young arms.

[TheMatrix31]

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Oh....gosh.

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

Looks like the O's may be in it too:

http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20051019&content_id=1254476&vkey=news_bal&fext=.jsp&c_id=bal

[fishepa]

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That's what the Yankees do, if they don't win, they just throw more money at people.

[elicoleman]

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If this goes through, there might be a possiblity of salvaging Pavano and Wright afterall.

[Stu]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

If this goes through, there might be a possiblity of salvaging Pavano and Wright afterall.

Is Mazzone a doctor?

[Beantown]

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Is Mazzone a doctor?

As long as they keep their old arms...this wont do much for the staff next year.

If they get younger....*** **** add another East title.

[deeman11747]

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Well so much for that

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2194428

[BunnyHardaway]

Re: Yankees! Don't you even damn it!

FINALLY, Angelos and Flanagan do something right!

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/5007138

"Braves pitching coach Leo Mazzone appears to be heading to the AL East, but not for the job he was widely expected to take.

FOXSports.com has learned that Mazzone likely will join the Orioles as the team's pitching coach after his talks with the Yankees broke down Wednesday.

Mazzone is expected to receive a three-year contract with the Orioles, matching the length of new manager Sam Perlozzo's deal. Mazzone and Perlozzo are long-time friends, having grown up together in Cumberland, Md.

The Orioles already have a well-regarded pitching coach, Ray Miller. But Miller is recovering from surgery to remove an aneurysm and reportedly had given the O's his blessing to hire another pitching coach."