Well, it looks like the Yankees have set their sights on Larry Bowa as their main option for the third-base coach job. Bowa, who has yet to make up his mind, replaced Terry Francona as the skipper of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2001 and had a .522 winning percentage (337-308) in his four seasons with the Phillies. He does have experience at the job but time will tell if he is as good as Luis Sojo in getting runners thrown out at the plate (yeah, as much as I love Louie - not a big fan of him as the third base coach.)

My main question about this is: Will Bowa fit into the Yankee clubhouse? Bowa is known as a pretty fiery guy and there have been times where he has clashed (both privately and publicly) with players. Heck, he got Scott Rolen run out of town and Rolen was the cornerstone of the Phillies back then. Of course, this is a far smaller role than his managerial gig with the Phils so who knows, maybe he has mellowed some. As it stands, this would pave the way for what I originally thought would happen with the Yankee coaching staff. A new coach would take over third, Louis Sojo takes over first, new hitting & pitching coach and Donnie on the bench with Joe (potentially being groomed). That could still work out to be the case even though Lee Mazzilli could find himself in that mix too. Who knew the Yankee coaching staff could be so convoluted?