New York Yankees' Scott Brosius celebrates his ninth inning home run against the Arizona Diamondbacks to tie World Series Game 5 at New York's Yankee Stadium Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001. Rod Barajas catches for the Diamondbacks. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) 

Ex-Yankee Brosius could fit well as UA coach

Arizona’s search for a baseball coach is likely to end early this week. The most intriguing possibility remains former New York Yankees third baseman Scott Brosius, who resigned (at 48) this year from NCAA Division III Linfield College in Oregon. Brosius guided Linfield to the 2013 title. It’s a long shot that Brosius would leave his home turf (he grew up in Portland), but he told the Portland Tribune “each year, the winters get a little more frustrating. As a baseball coach in Oregon, the grind of it is the weather.” 


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