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...
bad feet guys head learn next resilient sit
I don't like to sit guys down after a bad day. It makes them feel like they're being punished. I told him to keep his head up, learn from it -- and set his feet the next time. He's a resilient kid.
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.
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.
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.
biggest changed level seemed work
I don't think his at-bats have changed a lot. Sometimes, you just don't get hits. The biggest thing is you keep your frustration level down, and he has seemed to work through that.
catch ok regular sure
We're just being protective. He was OK to play today. But we're going to make sure that he is OK during the regular season. He will catch Saturday.
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.
bunch center danger days eric fall game gave giving several tough
We gave Eric several days in a row, and now we're giving Reggie a bunch of days in a row. We've got to get one of our center fielders going. When you're young, this can be a tough game to get it going. The danger is you don't have anything to fall back on at this level. I always say you find out what a guy's made of when he struggles.
asked both center field figure future level men played starter
You have two young men that haven't played at this level and they're being asked to do a lot. Center field is an important position. We'll try to figure out which one is going to be our starter of the future and get them both at-bats.