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...
situations tested youth
I'm going to be tested in a lot of different ways. Because of the youth we have, we're going to have a lot of situations that we go through as a club. We're going to be tested.
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I talk to Joe on a pretty regular basis. I talk to him about situations and advice. I'm anxious to see him. He's always been good to me as a player, as a coach. He gave me a ton of responsibilities last year. He's someone you can model yourself after, not only as a manager, but as a person.
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.
competing kids pressure situation
It's a pressure situation every day for these kids because they see they're competing for a job.
judgments third until week
I probably won't make any judgments until the third week in March.
bricks carry eyes father gave remember
I was the grunt. I used to carry the bricks and cement. I remember when my father gave me my first $100 bill. My eyes were huge.
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You don't want to see any player ever retire too early or have family issues that takes him away from the game. It's hard to retire. I hope if that's the choice that he made that he's happy with his decision. It's hard to take your uniform off.
talented
He's a talented young man. You know what, he's going to make some mistakes.
dominant hard people pitch seem trend
Closers seem to be all over the place now. For a while the trend was to go with hard throwers, but if you have that one pitch that's a dominant pitch that can get people out, it's usually where you see the closers come from.
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.
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Pokey obviously has the experience. But you look at Hanley and Robert -- two up-and-coming shortstops that can play defensively right now. We'll see how they progress offensively now and during the season. We're pretty fortunate to have two guys like that.
industrial run systems
Industrial engineering is about making systems run better. It's problem-solving, and that's what you have to do every day on the field,
several
I have to make several duplicates of every scorecard.
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The great thing about Joe was that he let me say anything I wanted and I was never fearful of saying anything; that's the greatest guy you can work for. Joe's a very trusting guy. One of the big things I learned about him was his patience and the importance of knowing people.