The Red Sox will begin talking to managerial candidates, with Phillies bench coach Pete Mackanin and Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum set to interview for the job this week. Mackanin has been Charlie Manuel's right-hand man in Philadelphia since 2009. Sveum spent the 2004 and 2005 seasons in Boston as the Red Sox third base coach before leaving for Milwaukee following the 2005 season. He served in various coaching capacities with Milwaukee (third base coach, bench coach, interim manager for 12 games) from 2006-08 before becoming the team's hitting coach in 2009.