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...
ability abundance eight push teams
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.
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.
accept fifth fourth push
Don't accept being the fourth or fifth outfielder. Don't accept being the long relief. Push each other. Take someone's job.
push
It's something you don't want to become chronic. It doesn't make any sense to push it.
early push reason
It's early in the season, and there's no reason to push him. You don't want it to become chronic.
camp fighting great guys push spots taken
To me, this camp is great because guys will have to push themselves. We have two spots taken and about 40 guys fighting for the rest.
anyone chance create healthy push pushing
What I like about it is they have a chance to push each other. To me, the accountability to each other is more important than accountability to anyone else in that room. And when they are pushing each other, I think you create a very healthy environment.
games miss push
He's sore, he's going to miss some games anyway, so why push him.
kept
Too many 2-0 counts. But he kept us in the game.
innings season setting start
We just need to get a lot of innings in for a lot of people. We'll start setting up for the season after this round.
difficult game hit runners ugly win
It was an ugly game for us. We didn't pitch, we didn't play defense, we didn't hit with runners on. It's difficult to win a game like that.
beat home run second solo third
The solo (homer) doesn't kill you in the second inning. It's the home run in the third that really hurts. Howard beat him today.
bottom picked pile protect ran series sixth thinking trying won
I started thinking about it in the sixth inning. At the end of the game, I ran out and picked him up. I was trying to protect him. I had been on the bottom of the pile when we won the World Series in 1996, and it wasn't much fun.
game keeps
Is it unfair? In a sense, yes. But I think we all know why we're doing it that way, and that's part of what makes this game tick. It's what keeps salaries up.