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...
anyone player sit survived type wait
I was the type of player who had to do the little things to win. Anyone can sit around and wait for the three-run homer. But I had to do the little things. I had to hit-and-run. I had to squeeze. That's the way I survived as a player.
bit create excitement four gifted next robert sound types
They are two really gifted athletes. They are fundamentally sound defensively. They are little bit different types of hitters. Hanley has a little more pop. Robert is probably more of a hit-and-run type of guy. They are two very gifted shortstops who should create some excitement over the next four weeks. They'll go at it, and let's find out.
learn lose situations type
I don't like to lose but if you're going to lose, we had a chance. They'll learn a lot in those type of situations and they'll learn because they're going to get a lot of chances.
asking believe born catcher manage people player type
I believe I was born to manage. People asking about not having managed, but as a catcher I believe you manage every day you're on the field. I was the type of player who had to do the little things to win.
fun watching work
Watching our shortstops go to work was kind of fun to watch.
believe camp pitch
We're going to see how he does out of the bullpen. It's just kind of a different role, some flexibility for us. He has pitched very well in camp and we believe we can pitch him anywhere.
enjoyable hard meetings talk watch
What's really enjoyable to watch is how hard they play. We talk about it every day and we have meetings about how hard we're playing.
carry innings whether
We're going to have innings for all our starters, whether we carry 11 or 12 pitchers.
ahead asleep base call fall forget guy hard knowing learned runners thinking
We fall asleep and the guy scores. You can't forget who's on base. I call it always thinking ahead and knowing your base runners and knowing what the run means. We learned the hard way. Again.
fall guy
We fall asleep, and the guy scores. It can't happen.
catch concern played ways
We're a ways away with him. My concern with him was he already played catch and didn't tell us.
center tough
We have to get one of our center fielders going. They are young, and it's a tough game, but we have to get them going.
best bring close fans game lose sure
We are going to lose some close games, but fans have to be sure that we'll bring our best game every night.
dream following guys test
The only way we're going to find out if these guys can play is to test them. These guys are all following a dream and want a chance.