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...
carrying guys maybe talking
We're talking about maybe carrying 12 pitchers. Guys have to be versatile.
bit himself might pitch until
Until Jake establishes himself a little bit they might pitch around him more.
guard guys hardest injuries starting talk
We'll just have to talk about it. You have to guard against, first and foremost, injuries to your starting pitchers. They're the hardest guys to replace.
asked carry happy spring training
We asked a lot of our players, and they did a lot. I'm happy with the way Spring Training went, and I just want it to carry over.
chance score
We had a chance to score in the ninth, we just didn't get it done.
bee catcher flew home oh run saw
We had a bee swarm come through. Flew over the dugout, right over home plate. Saw the catcher run from the Dodgers. Oh my goodness, I was gone.
pitcher sliding
We will have discussions about that, especially a pitcher sliding head-first into first base.
april games home month nicest played six year
We've played six games at home (13 on the road). April is the nicest month of the year in Florida, right? Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
ask believe catch days games guy productive six sure tough year
It's tough to ask a guy to catch 120 games a year when he's never done it before. We believe he'll be more productive if he doesn't catch six days a week.... We want to make sure he's productive the whole year.
bit defensive great guy plays sacrifice struggle
It's part of it. To me, shortstop, the defensive part is very, very important. And that won't be overlooked. I'm not going to sacrifice that. But you don't want a guy to struggle and play miserably offensively, but he plays great defense. We need a little bit of both.
five possible
It's possible we could take more than five starters.
check comparable exactly numbers rest rookie
Derek Jeter, in his rookie year, put up numbers comparable to the rest of his career. Not exactly the same. But comparable. Check it out.
danny everyday playing ready second time
Danny was going to get most of the playing time anyway. He was ready to be the everyday second baseman.
ability clubs create driven expose hold runners runs sit wait weaknesses
create runs when we need to. We will look to expose weaknesses of other clubs. There are a lot of clubs that don't have the ability to hold runners on. I'm not going to sit back and wait for runs to be driven in. If we can create runs, we're going to do it.