Dave Eiland, who was relieved as pitching coach of the Yankees before being fired after the team's exit from the 2010 ALCS, is now a member of the Rays' staff. "I was pretty shocked," Eiland said during a Thursday morning interview on 1050 ESPN radio regarding his firing. "The last conversation [manager] Joe Girardi and I had was after we got eliminated in Texas. He said, 'Go home and enjoy your time off because before you know it, you're going to be making that spring training schedule again. "Then I got the call from [general manger] Brian Cashman and all bets were off. So that chapter's closed."