Joe Girardi
Joe Girardi
Joseph Elliott Girardiis an American professional baseball manager for the New York Yankees. Formerly a catcher, Girardi played for the Chicago Cubs, the Colorado Rockies, the Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals. In 2006, he managed the Florida Marlins and was named the National League Manager of the Year...
carry innings whether
We're going to have innings for all our starters, whether we carry 11 or 12 pitchers.
center tough
We have to get one of our center fielders going. They are young, and it's a tough game, but we have to get them going.
ahead asleep base call fall forget guy hard knowing learned runners thinking
We fall asleep and the guy scores. You can't forget who's on base. I call it always thinking ahead and knowing your base runners and knowing what the run means. We learned the hard way. Again.
fall guy
We fall asleep, and the guy scores. It can't happen.
catch concern played ways
We're a ways away with him. My concern with him was he already played catch and didn't tell us.
hurdles learn pitch slight
Those are little hurdles you have to get over. Sometimes you have to learn to pitch with a lead, even if it's a slight lead.
agreed fact good talk
We agreed to talk again. I think the fact they wanted to talk to me is a good sign.
bounce
Today, we didn't play well, but we'll bounce back.
couple nobody rally runners seem together
We didn't seem to really put a rally together with a couple of runners on and nobody out.
ability abundance eight push teams
We have an abundance of young starters. Other teams would probably like to have eight veterans, but we have eight young starters. They have the ability to push each other.
good walked
We have walked too many people. But our pitchers, for the most part, have done a pretty good job.
eyes opened pitches spring three throw
Three pitches, no fear, can throw all his pitches over at any time. He opened a lot of eyes in spring training.
best clubs help role suited talking
When you're talking about a team, it's not always what role you're best suited for, it's what's going to help the club. Clubs need flexibility.
anxious belong good guys hurry prove start trying
We have a lot of guys who are in a hurry to get hits. They are trying to do too much. They want to have a good start and are anxious to prove they belong here. They need to be patient.