Steinbrenners Face 'Tough Decision'

Yankee officials have now interviewed all three of Joe Torre's potential successors, and so far team owner George Steinbrenner and sons Hank and Hal are "impressed" with all of them—and concede they've got a "tough decision" to make. Whoever the "slight favorite" is, he'll take the helm of a team "in transition" that won't be expected to dominate right off the bat, according to the bosses.

Hank Steinbrenner, sounding utterly unlike his impatient father, stressed that management does want the Yankees to win, but isn't "stupid enough to think we can do it every year." Whoever steps into Torre's shoes—Joe Girardi, Don Mattingly and Tony Pena each sat through a day of interviews this week—will enjoy some time to build his team. (More MLB stories.)