By ADAM ZAGORIA
Yankees President Randy Levine is being mentioned as a “wild card” candidate to replace John Kelly as White House Chief of Staff, according to MSNBC.
MSNBC listed Levine among six candidates, along with North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, Mick Mulvaney, David Bossie, Steve Mnuchin and Matt Whitaker.
“No one from the White House has called me about the chief of staff job,” Levine told the Daily News. “I respect the President but I’m very happy as the president of the Yankees.”
He told the paper the report caught him by surprise.
“I’ve been in meetings all day and my phone just blew up,” said Levine, who has been the Yankees President since 2000.
MSNBC White House reporter Jeff Bennett said on air the search to replace Kelly was a “fluid situation.”
“This is a fluid situation,” he said. “We do understand that the President has settled on a new list of top contenders to replace John Kelly now that Nick Ayers has taken himself out of the running.”
Bennett went on to list Levine as “kind of a wild card” and a “longtime Trump backer.”
Yankees President Randy Levine is among the names being mentioned for White House Chief of Staff, per @MSNBC
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) December 10, 2018
Yankees President Randy Levine being called a ‘wild card’ by @msnbc for White House Chief of Staff position pic.twitter.com/91gINLTPfY
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) December 10, 2018
The Levine news prompted all sorts of Twitter feedback from baseball fans, some of it focusing on George Costanza’s fictional role with the Yankees on “Seinfeld.”
I’d rather have this guy from the Yankees. pic.twitter.com/4NnF6Ep7Gd
— ? (@kabyr) December 10, 2018
@realDonaldTrump Hire this Yankee front office employee to manage your Space Force pic.twitter.com/qftP98Cus2
— Vincent Paladino (@PaladinoVincent) December 10, 2018
Trump: “Get me a list of great yankees and patriots!”
Staffers: “Ok, here’s a list of RNC operatives.”
Trump: “NO I want a list of Yankees and Patriots employees! They’re winners! I only want winners in the White House!”
— Alex Bernhard (@BernietheJet) December 10, 2018
— Topher Lundell (@topherlundell) December 10, 2018
Photo: Pinstripe Alley
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