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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You just can't throw the ball away. You got to take what the game will give you and you can't make spectacular plays when there's nothing there. You have to know your base runners.
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I think guys will look up to Pokey. I know I like to watch him play. Guys will learn by watching him.
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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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We need him in the lineup. My guess is we won't see that very often.
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We had eight walks. Five of them scored. Walks beat you. Eventually you have to learn from it.
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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.
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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.
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We have walked too many people. But our pitchers, for the most part, have done a pretty good job.
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To come back after two tough losses, I think that's impressive. I've said all along our guys are resilient. They don't know how to get down. The next day, it's a new day for them.
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What you do is let the other pitcher off the hook in a sense.