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| 23rd October, 2007 - 2:36 am | ESPN.com - Joe Girardi spoke with George Steinbrenner and they quickly found common ground: Northwestern football.
"I talked to him about their 5-3 record and that they were one game from bowl eligibility and that was big for Northwestern, so we had some laughs about that," Girardi said.
Girardi is a Northwestern alumnus and from his days as a catcher for the Yankees, he knew the owner is a former Northwestern assistant football coach. On Monday, they talked on a different level, with Girardi becoming the first person to interview as a potential replacement for departed manager Joe Torre. [READ] |
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