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06-21-2007, 01:49 PM
Updated: June 21, 2007, 12:46 PM ET
BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi has declined an offer from the Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) to become their next manager, his agent, Steve Mandel, told ESPN on Thursday.
Girardi interviewed with the Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) on Tuesday, and ESPN's Peter Gammons reported that the team offered him their vacant managerial job. And ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reported that as of Wednesday night, the two sides had agreed to work on an agreement that would make Girardi the team's next skipper.
The discussions with Girardi came after Baltimore fired Sam Perlozzo after two-plus seasons as manager.
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2006/1019/mlb_u_girardi_65.jpg Girardi
Girardi was a first-time manager last season when he led Florida to a 78-84 record last year, keeping the youthful Marlins in contention until late September.
The former big league catcher was fired at the end of the season following a rift with owner Jeffrey Loria, then was voted NL Manager of the Year -- the first to win the award with a losing record.
A former coach for Yankees manager Joe Torre, Girardi returned to New York this season as a broadcaster for the YES Network.
Meanwhile, as first reported on Monday by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney, Andy MacPhail was hired Wednesday as chief operating officer of the Orioles. MacPhail ran both the Cubs and the Twins. MacPhail and Girardi overlapped in Chicago during MacPhail's tenure as Cubs president, which began in 1994 and ended in 2006. Girardi was a Cub for two stints totaling six seasons, the last from 2000-02.
BALTIMORE -- Joe Girardi has declined an offer from the Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) to become their next manager, his agent, Steve Mandel, told ESPN on Thursday.
Girardi interviewed with the Baltimore Orioles (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=bal) on Tuesday, and ESPN's Peter Gammons reported that the team offered him their vacant managerial job. And ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney reported that as of Wednesday night, the two sides had agreed to work on an agreement that would make Girardi the team's next skipper.
The discussions with Girardi came after Baltimore fired Sam Perlozzo after two-plus seasons as manager.
http://assets.espn.go.com/photo/2006/1019/mlb_u_girardi_65.jpg Girardi
Girardi was a first-time manager last season when he led Florida to a 78-84 record last year, keeping the youthful Marlins in contention until late September.
The former big league catcher was fired at the end of the season following a rift with owner Jeffrey Loria, then was voted NL Manager of the Year -- the first to win the award with a losing record.
A former coach for Yankees manager Joe Torre, Girardi returned to New York this season as a broadcaster for the YES Network.
Meanwhile, as first reported on Monday by ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney, Andy MacPhail was hired Wednesday as chief operating officer of the Orioles. MacPhail ran both the Cubs and the Twins. MacPhail and Girardi overlapped in Chicago during MacPhail's tenure as Cubs president, which began in 1994 and ended in 2006. Girardi was a Cub for two stints totaling six seasons, the last from 2000-02.