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...
believe camp pitch
We're going to see how he does out of the bullpen. It's just kind of a different role, some flexibility for us. He has pitched very well in camp and we believe we can pitch him anywhere.
enjoyable hard meetings talk watch
What's really enjoyable to watch is how hard they play. We talk about it every day and we have meetings about how hard we're playing.
carry innings whether
We're going to have innings for all our starters, whether we carry 11 or 12 pitchers.
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.
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.
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.
loves ready says
What it says to me is he's ready to play. He loves what he does, and he's ready to play.
catch ok regular sure
We're just being protective. He was OK to play today. But we're going to make sure that he is OK during the regular season. He will catch Saturday.
chance good hurt position scoring walks
Walks have hurt us in one-run losses. When you walk the lead-off man, there is a good chance that he will be in scoring position with one out.
exactly good starting sure
We're not exactly sure who's going to be our starting five, but he's had two really good outings.
expects good great high player works
Those are high expectations. But I think he expects to be a very good player for a long, long time. He's very talented. There are things he can do. He works hard. He has a great attitude. We expect big things from him.
camp fighting great guys push spots taken
To me, this camp is great because guys will have to push themselves. We have two spots taken and about 40 guys fighting for the rest.
club kids manage
You manage the club you have. A lot of kids will have a lot of opportunities.