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...
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.
fall guy
We fall asleep, and the guy scores. It can't happen.
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.
plan
We have a plan for what we're doing.
fearful great greatest guy importance joe knowing learned patience saying trusting work
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.
couple days eventually few hard josh last played start stretching three work
Miguel played a few days in a row. Josh is going to play a few days in a row. We'll eventually work up to three days in a row. It's hard because we have two catchers that need to play. We'll start stretching them out the last couple of weeks.
outfield sure throw work
He's been there before, so he's going to work in the outfield a little bit, and then we are going to work him in a game. I want to make sure he's comfortable out there before I just throw him out there.
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.
choice early family happy hard hope issues player retire takes uniform
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.
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.
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.