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Pena in the running to manage in 2013 World Baseball Classic

Via George King, Dominican Republic team GM Moises Alou has interest in Yankees bench coach Tony Pena to manage in next spring’s World Baseball Classic. Alou met with Pena at Yankee Stadium yesterday.

Brian Cashman said he would grant Pena — who is not under contract for next season anyway — permission to manage in the WBC even though Alou has not yet made any kind of formal request. I know Pena plays a big role in Spring Training, particularly with his brutal catching drills, but there’s no reason not to let him run his home country’s team during the event. As long as the Yankees don’t sent any pitchers to the WBC, it’s cool with me.

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Alfredo says:

September 17, 2012 at 7:26 pm

It is wrong for you to say that no Yankee pitcher should participate, for all means let them represent their countries. it should be an honor for those pitchers to be able to represent their country in such a manner that will potray the way you are looked at as a baseball playing nation to the whole world.

Chris says:

September 17, 2012 at 7:37 pm

Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong Wrong.

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- King of Fruitless Hypotheticals says:
  
  September 18, 2012 at 12:05 pm
  
  If banning them is wrong, I don’t want to be right…
  
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