Report: McCarver set to join Yankees
Posted: Tuesday February 09, 1999 07:37 PM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Tim McCarver is close to signing a deal that will allow
him call about 40 games for the New York Yankees this
season, according to published reports.
McCarver, fired by the New York Mets last week
after 16 years as the team's analyst, is also Fox Sports' lead national
baseball analyst.
McCarver said he was unaware of an imminent deal discussed in Tuesday's
editions of the New York Post and New York Times.
His agent, Bob Rosen, said Tuesday he had not been contacted by the
Yankees or WNYW, the Fox affiliate that will televise Yankees games this
season.
"It's not a done deal," Rosen said. "We haven't even begun negotiations
yet, but Tim is interested and I'm just waiting for the call."
McCarver's schedule with Fox Sports would force him to miss at least
eight Yankees games.
"I don't see any problem with Fox accommodating Tim's schedule," Rosen
said.
McCarver, who has 10 Emmy Award nominations, was fired by the Mets last
week and replaced by Tom Seaver, the only New York Mets player to have his
number retired by the team.
One of the reasons for the change was believed to be because McCarver was
often critical of the Mets.
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