pete abe mentions sojo not being great in his last go-round of being 3rd base coach. i don't really remember. plus, he might enjoy managing in the minors...?

tino might be a good choice, but i don't think you thrust him into the role of 3rd base coach right away. 1st base would be better for him for a multitude of reasons.

i'm gonna throw out a name here that i think would be perfect: Mookie Wilson. mookie has NY experience, 1st base coach experience and managerial experience. i don't think he's affiliated with the Muts any longer and i have no idea what happened to him after managing their Brooklyn Cyclones A-Club. Mook has AL East experience playing for the Blow Jays and with his speed and baserunning prowess (<--- that just sounds good, it's possible he had a poor SB %age!), he'd have a good understanding and take great care in who he's waving home.

he's also a smart baseball mind and a good guy. not to mention unassuming and wouldn't carry the weight of ex-Yank star player and such. he'd probably relate well to both veterans and younger players. i'd love to see the Yanks bring Mookie on board as a coach!

thoughts?

but yeah, other than that, he would be ideal and probably could help turn Robbie around! : )

bring in Mookie!

it's possible he's a truck driver now. seriously.

he's apparently a great baseball managerial type mind. sure he's had plenty of off-field issues and has essentially been blackballed from MLB, but that's right up Big Stein's alley - esp former Muts who've fallen on hard times. Hank might be of the same mold. Wally really might be able to correct Cano's issues. just an idea...

I dunno about Rob Thomson as 3rd base coach (he actually did make some informed decisions or good luck in Giradi's absence from the mantle), but if the scuttlebutt about Girardi's fear of a stronger coach on his tail is to be taken seriously, this team has got a lot more problems to address than who's to replace Meacham (bleah...)

If Girardi purposely surrounded himself with inferior coaches and marginalized experienced coaches to ease his own insecurities, they should pacify his fears with an immediate release, honestly. This should be about baseball, not Fortune 500 derivatives. We'll see...

[to those who don't know, and I'm guessing most folks here do, as a player Meacham made an error in 1984 and was shipped down to Double-A Nashville]

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ALABAMA
Muck City

ALASKA
Deadhorse
Eek

ARIZONA
Boneyard
Bumble Bee
Carefree
Goobertown
Nothing
Show Low
Surprise
Why

ARKANSAS
Experiment
Flippin
Greasy Corner
Grubbs
Okay
Smackover
Toad Suck (H. Irabu is pitching coach there during the regular season)
Turkey Scratch
Umpire
Weiner
Yellville

CALIFORNIA
Bummerville
Deadman Crossing
Deadwood
Doghouse Junction
Dogtown
False Klamath (I dunno, just sounds like a place he'd end up in)
Fort Dick
Freedom (if he remains optimistic)
Frying Pan
Hallelujah Junction (actually, this is 3rd Base at the New Yankee Stadium already)
Hellhole Palms
Hells Kitchen (copycats)
Igo
Last Chance
Nashville (really?)
Ono
Ragtown (he'd get used to it)
Relief (again, optimistic)
Rescue
Roads End
Secret Town (Girardi's favorite vacation spot)
Shrub (close to what he really is)
Siberia (might as well)
Skidoo
Squabbletown
Sucker Flat
Thorn
Timbuctoo (if Siberia didn't work out)
Toadtown (Irabu: "I Get Around!")
Truths Home (Yes Bobby, it's so true)
Wimp
You Bet (Pete Rose for Mayor?)

COLORADO
No Name
Parachute (Golden pastures, no doubt)
Security

GEORGIA
Between (That's where he could catch a shuttle)
Enigma
Hopeulikit
Jinks

ILLINOIS
Big Foot Prairie (Great place for clutzy infielders, I say)
Fishhook (nice catch!)
Grand Detour
Kickapoo

KENTUCKY
Crummies
Do Stop

MARYLAND
Accident
Boring

MICHIGAN
Bad Axe
Hell
Pigeon
Podunk

MINNESOTA
Embarass
Nimrod

MISSISSIPPI
D'Lo
Soso

MISSOURI
Enough
Peculiar
Reform

MONTANA
Rocky Boy

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Hell Hollow
Lost Nation

NEW JERSEY
Good Intent
Succasunna

NORTH CAROLINA
Duck
Meat Camp
Toast

OREGON
Boring
Drain
Half.com
Idiotville
Windmaster Corner (IIRC, Willie stayed there for a while)
Zig Zag

PENNSYLVANIA
Drab
Fear Not
Mars
Moon
Ono
Panic
Scalp Level
Transfer

SOUTH CAROLINA
Coward
Due West
North
South of the Border

TENNESSEE
Defeated
Difficult
Life
Nameless
Only

TEXAS
China
Cut -n- Shoot
Ding Dong
Gun Barrel City
Hoop and Holler
Humble
Little Hope
Looneyville
Oatmeal
Pointblank
Quail
Smiley
Sour Lake
Turkey
Uncertain
West

VERMONT
Mosquitoville
Notown
Moscow
Satans Kingdom

VIRGINIA
Bane
Bosses
Bumpass
Butts
Croaker
Cuckoo
Hurt
Joe Neets (He'd never be too far from Joe)
Mutt
Needmore
Nuttsville
Ordinary
Simplicity

WEST VIRGINA
Big Ugly
Crum

WISCONSIN
Imalone
Wanderoos

WYOMING
Baggs (as in, "Pack Em, Bobby, it's time ta hit da road, and don't let the door hit ya ass on the way out!")

... but I doubt Big Bank Hank or Cash would be so droll... >;)

9 Wall Street Will...before last week, that would have been a nice alternate blog name.