Quick Bits: Swindal, Eppler

Here are two quick news items as we await a perfect game from CC Sabathia.

• Steve Swindal, the one-time son-in-law of George Steinbrenner (he and Jennifer Steinbrenner were married and then divorced), and former general partner/chairman of Yankee Global Enterprises LLC, is opening a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic. Swindal and J. Steinbrenner are reportedly trying to get back together.
• According to Jon Heyman who cites a report in the San Diego Union-Tribune, Billy Eppler, the director of professional scouting in the Yankees organization, is rumored to be a candidate for the Padres GM job, though San Diego has yet to contact the Yankees about interviewing him. Jed Hoyer, the assistant GM to the Red Sox is also being considered.

That’s that. I’ll be posting lineups shortly.