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...
plan
We have a plan for what we're doing.
rush valuable
We won't rush him. He's too valuable to rush.
capable game hope tired win
We've got to win that game. We didn't play the game the way we're capable of playing, and I hope they're getting tired of it.
anxious bad body control fine hit hurry learning line stand wants weeks work
There is a fine line between being able to control your body and having all that energy. He's learning how to do it. He wants to get a hit so bad that he will do anything it takes. If you told him to stand on his head, he would try it. Sometimes you try to make up for two weeks in one day. It doesn't work that way. You're anxious to get a hit. You're in a hurry to get a hit.
business came care effect liked took
What I liked about what he did was when something went wrong, he came back and got an out, which is big. A lot of times, you get that snowball effect and we're not able to come back. He took care of his business and we came back.
along guys next tough
To come back after two tough losses, I think that's impressive. I've said all along our guys are resilient. They don't know how to get down. The next day, it's a new day for them.
lose tough
We can lose some tough games, can't we?
amazing ball emotions lose tough
We can lose some tough games, can't we? When you first see the ball hit, you think, 'Tie game.' It's amazing how your emotions go up and then go right back down.
hook pitcher
What you do is let the other pitcher off the hook in a sense.
carry innings whether
We're going to have innings for all our starters, whether we carry 11 or 12 pitchers.
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.
change club enjoy fan job manager people player stands watching whether
The only way that as a manager or as a player that we can change that is for our club to play better and for people to enjoy watching our club. My job is to get our club to win, whether there's one fan in the stands or 60,000. People like winners.
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.
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.