41.   Florida pitching coach Larry Rothschild and bench coach Jerry Manuel both have been invited back for second interviews with the Devil Rays.

42.   Hal McRae, Jim Fregosi, Phil Regan and Sox bench coach Tim Johnson are all likely to be interviewed.

43.   He has a three-year contract and a baseball veteran, Frank Howard, as bench coach to ease his transition.

44.   He has taken the term bench coach to another level.

45.   He is a brilliant bench coach.

46.   He also did that in his days as a bench coach, but there was no accountability then.

47.   He met with bench coach Ken Macha every day, and the two made out the lineup.

48.   He spent the last two seasons as bench coach to Davey Johnson, who was fired Friday as manager of the Dodgers.

49.   He was their pitching coach, and Jerry Manuel, the new manager of the Chicago White Sox, was their bench coach.

50.   He spent the last six seasons as a bench coach at the major-league level, four with Montreal under Felipe Alou and the last two seasons with the Dodgers.