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...
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It was important that our guys played the game right, and that's what they did. Wins are a byproduct of doing things right. I don't worry about wins, I worry about the process. And the process was pretty good.
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It's a work in progress. It's slow, and we'll continue to try to make him better.
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It's a crazy game. We drew it up. It was supposed to work, and it didn't work. That's baseball.
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It's about the competition and the spirit of the games. Every country wants to win, so whatever they feel is necessary, as long as they don't hurt my guy, they can do what they want.
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It's about staying down in the zone and making your pitches and (Vargas) struggled with that. He was missing location. That's going to happen. It happens to great pitchers. It happens to all pitchers.
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It's a good thing they have names on their uniforms. It's going to be one big competition.
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It's a frustrating 1-4 because it could have been 4-1. In the four losses, three of the losses, we were one hit away from winning the game.
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It's an interesting game. You know he had a tough day on Monday, and he came in today and did a stellar performance. That's baseball. It could be a forgiving game, and a humbling game. You never know when you're going to be called upon again.
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It's a nice problem to have. Most teams would love to have that now. A lot of teams would probably like to have eight veterans. But we have eight young kids that have a chance to develop.
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I've been reading press clippings about what I can do and what I couldn't do for a long time. That's just the nature of the business. ... Forecasts are forecasts. It's forecast to rain today, probably, but that doesn't mean it's going to. What matters is what we think about ourselves.
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It would be hard to say you have an advantage over anyone. The idea of a manager is to get the most out of your players, and everyone does it differently. I'm just doing it the best way I know how. That doesn't give me an advantage over somebody else. This is just my method. It may not work for other guys.
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It would have been a great opportunity. I just wish the timing was different. I don't think major league coaches can be part of this tournament because it could last the whole month of March, when we're in spring training.
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The Yankees, usually they have one of the 25-man roster they're not sure who they're taking. We have like two that we know we're taking. It's about as opposite as it can be.
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The winning teams I've been on, there's always been a clear-cut closer. I think that's important. But I guess we're going to play the hand we're dealt with and see what happens in the next three weeks.