Mike Francesa will have some free time coming up, and there is an opening in the Bronx.
The departing WFAN host was asked Monday if he could manage the Yankees, and it’s apparently an idea he has given some thought.
“Do I think I could manage the Yankees? Sure. Do I think I will get a chance to manage the Yankees? I would love to try, but they wouldn’t let me,” Francesa said. “I definitely could, but they are not going to let me because they are going to hire someone who has spent 20 years or 15 years playing the game, or spent that time as a manager. I understand that.”
Mike Francesa at the Yankees’ ALCS against the Astros.Charles Wenzelberg/New York PostFrancesa, 63, is scheduled to do his last show on the station on Dec. 15. The Yankees are in the middle of their search to replace Joe Girardi. Francesa has said on numerous occasions that he has another gig lined up, though is unable to discuss is while under contract with WFAN.
The station announced last week that the trio of Chris Carlin, Maggie Gray and Bart Scott will replace Francesa in his afternoon time slot.
“Just like they are not going to give someone my radio show who doesn’t have any experience behind the microphone, they are not going to give someone Joe’s job who hasn’t been connected on the major league level,” Francesa said. “It makes plenty of sense. But I would like to try that, though. But it’s not going to happen.”
