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 all points to how he progresses over the next six weeks. Obviously we want him to get his at-bats. We've said it all along -- we believe he is going to be in the lineup somewhere. We're just not sure where. But he's got the best instructor you can have. We'll see how much progress he makes over the next six weeks.
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I think Josh has made a lot of strides in the 10 days, 12 days we've been here. If he continues to progress, it's going to be a very, very difficult decision. I'm really happy with that. But that doesn't mean he doesn't keep working. I'm happy with the progress. A lot of that credit goes to Gary Tuck.
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I thought he threw better than the score indicated. We didn't make some plays behind him and that's when things happened.
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I thought it would be great to have a couple of pitching coaches on the staff.
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I think this takes a little pressure off of them. And it's going to take a lot of pressure off guys who haven't done it before.
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Patterson lived on the outside corner and came in when he had to. He didn't give our guys much to hit.
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That downhill plane that hitters are trying to hit is a lot different.
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That was the kind of player I had to be. I had to do the little things to win, and they have to do a lot of them. They have to hit and run, they have to steal, they have to squeeze some,
That was devastating because I thought I'd never be back.
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That's the hard thing, he's not having a chance. The guys who aren't playing every day, you hate to see them behind when they come back.
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Miguel was begging the opposing team to give them one more inning to hit and see if they could get those two runs, but sorry, you can't do that in the real game.
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Miguel seems to be right where he always is -- locked in.
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Miguel played a few days in a row. Josh is going to play a few days in a row. We'll eventually work up to three days in a row. It's hard because we have two catchers that need to play. We'll start stretching them out the last couple of weeks.
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Miguel can't afford to get hurt in a game like this. Not if I want to continue to manage.