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I thought, I said, we've got to really get to the bottom of what Tom Tibodeau is

feeling.

And the only person that I think that can approximate what Tom Tibodeau is feeling, and

there are some that can.

But the one that will resonate in New York would in fact be Buck Showalter.

Now, the difference is Buck was not fired per se.

Buck was told, you've got to get rid of your coaches if you're going to come back in 1996.

And he said, I'm not going to get rid of my coaches. If you're going to come back in 1996, and he said, I'm not going to

get rid of my coaches. And he ended up losing the job. They hired Joe Torrey. The fan base

reacted angrily. George Steinborder went to Pensacola to rehire Buck Showalter and give him

everything that he wanted, but Buck had already come to an agreement with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

But he was not the manager of the Yankees in 96.

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