Girardi turns down O's

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06/21/2007 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Joe Girardi declined an offer from the Baltimore Orioles to become their next manager on Thursday, according to a report on MLB.com Thursday.

The 42-year-old Girardi, the National League Manager of the Year in 2006 for the Florida Marlins, met with Orioles brass in Chicago on Tuesday and apparently made a good impression.

He was offered the job but decided to remain in the broadcast booth for now.

The Orioles are mired in last place in the American League East, at 30-41 they are 16 games behind first-place Boston, but did snap a nine-game skid on Wenesday. The team fired manager Sam Perlozzo on Monday, and installed former bullpen coach Dave Trembley as interim manager.

The Baltimore upheaval continued Wednesday, when the O's introduced Andy MacPhail as their new president of baseball operations.

Girardi became the first manager to win the NL honor with a losing record after leading the Marlins to a surprising 78-84 mark in his only season as a big league manager.

However, he was fired by the Marlins just two days after the end of the regular season due to differences with team ownership, specifically team owner Jeffrey Loria.

After deciding to retire as a player prior to the 2004 season, Girardi made his coaching debut in 2005 as the bench coach and catching instructor for the New York Yankees. He had no prior managerial experience at any level before being hired by the Marlins.

Girardi spent parts of 15 seasons as a player in the majors, accumulating a .267 batting average, 36 homers and 422 RBI. Girardi also played for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Cardinals. He was a member of three World Series championship squads in New York.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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