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...
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.
eyes opened pitches spring three throw
Three pitches, no fear, can throw all his pitches over at any time. He opened a lot of eyes in spring training.
chances execution
We had some execution lapses. We had our chances and we didn't get it done.
decent
We did a pretty decent job. You can always do better.
balls counted five hit
We counted it up. We hit 11 balls on the button. And what did we get, five hits?
course frustrated nine
You get frustrated because you know they're better than what they're showing. You see it through the course of a game. You just don't see it through nine innings.
beat competition figure love trying
You get to teach. You get to manage. I love the competition and I love the idea of trying to figure out how to beat the other team.
baseball bit emotions excited exciting guy junior kids watch
You go from being excited to panicking a little bit when a guy slides into him. Your emotions can get a little wavy. For me, being a baseball player, it's just exciting to watch what kids can do. When you think about it, he probably should be a junior in college.
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.
chance score
We had a chance to score in the ninth, we just didn't get it done.
We really jumped on Pettitte. Ramirez started us out, really got us going.
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.
kept
Too many 2-0 counts. But he kept us in the game.
pressure youthful
We're youthful and we need to put pressure on the other teams.