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...
guys struggle
What are you when you struggle? That's what these guys have to find out.
good saying
There is probably not a lot of good that can come from me saying anything.
shave
With our guys, it shouldn't be a problem. They're probably too young to shave anyway.
games move obviously seven
We move on. The first seven games obviously aren't what we want. It could have been better, it could have been worse.
catcher expose love pitchers pressure putting remember running stop weaknesses
We will look to expose the weaknesses of other clubs, ... I love putting pressure on the defense, because I remember as a catcher what it was like and what pitchers go through to try to stop the running game.
ready says wait
We'll just kind of wait to see how he feels. If he says he is ready to go, he's ready to go.
chance impact player
We all know he has a big bat. He has a chance to be an impact player on this team.
coaches focused mode reason teaching took
The reason it took so long is I really focused on coaches who have been in the mode of teaching young players.
andy bad eyes good looking remember thinking
There is something about their eyes that is different. I remember thinking about Andy Pettitte. I could tell by the way Andy was looking at you if he was going to have a good day or a bad day. When he was in the windup or the stretch, he had that look about him. And I see that in Vargas.
camp great guys positions push veteran wide
Those positions are wide open. We have a veteran in Reese and two young kids. To me, this camp is great because guys will have to push themselves.
enjoyable enjoyment hard proud watch
What's enjoyable to watch is how hard they're playing. I'm proud of them.
pressure youthful
We're youthful and we need to put pressure on the other teams.
experience finish fire great houston might picked teams thrown top
We're thrown right into the fire, Houston and New York. Why not? Two teams that are picked to finish at the top of their divisions. Obviously, we're going to have to play them at some point. Might as well play them the first week. I think it's a great experience for our young players.
best great guys learn triple until
To me the best way to learn is on the job. You could keep guys down until they're 24 and 25 and they have great years in Triple A, you still don't know if they can do it here.