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...
neck pain
They're a pain in the neck to play against, I can tell you that,
both desires financial george great means obviously owners priority work
They're both great owners to work for because their first priority is winning. Obviously George has more financial means than Jeffrey, but their desires are the same.
chance kids
They're a young team. They have kids coming. It's a chance to win.
cut mental
They're going to make some mistakes. But you've got to cut out the mental errors.
difficult fighting guys
They're making it difficult on us and that's the way you want it to be. You want guys fighting for it.
decisions fight tough
They're making decisions really tough around here. The idea was to let them fight it out. Let's let them fight it out and go from there.
push
It's something you don't want to become chronic. It doesn't make any sense to push it.
healthy leg patient quick quickly remain respond send sure
It's not as quickly as we would have liked, but you have to remain patient and make sure he's healthy before we send him back out there. I know it's not as quick as he would like. He's a little miserable. The leg didn't respond the way he wanted it to.
expect gonna guys patience perfect understand wear
It's not gonna wear on my patience. I expect our guys to be perfect but I understand they're not gonna be.
fun job league major remember worst
It's not a fun part of the job. It's the worst part of the job because you remember what it's like to have that major league dream.
eighth gets ground instead mean next pierre puts run tough tried walked walks
The walks in the eighth killed us. Pierre gets on, but his run doesn't mean anything. We walked the next two guys. That puts us in a tough situation. J.J. gets the ground ball. I thought we tried to do too much instead of just getting the one out. We tried to get two outs -- get one out.
asked faces guys job
They did everything we asked them to. These guys need innings. You see their faces when you tell them -- this is not the part of the job you enjoy.
capable count guys looking pitch
They are looking for a pitch to drive, and I'm not going to take it away from them. We have some guys who aren't capable of working the count yet.
bit create excitement four gifted next robert sound types
They are two really gifted athletes. They are fundamentally sound defensively. They are little bit different types of hitters. Hanley has a little more pop. Robert is probably more of a hit-and-run type of guy. They are two very gifted shortstops who should create some excitement over the next four weeks. They'll go at it, and let's find out.