Girardi Has a Plan For The Subway Series

Joe Girardi has been around the New York Yankees for a number of years in several different capacities. He has seen a bunch of Subway Series with the Mets. And he has learned how much it means to Yankee owners to beat the Mets. Girardi has apparently been under a great deal of stress to win the series with his cross town rivals to the point of ignoring the last few games trying to prepare for the Metropolitans. There are even reports that the reason he intentionally got tossed from the Braves game on Wednesday night was so he could go back to the visitors' manager's office and work on his "strategery" for the Mets. And in last night's game when Andy Pettitte had thrown 95 pitches in the fourth inning and had allowed the Braves to fight back against the Yankees eight runs, Girardi was back in the clubhouse looking at charts on the Mets. Girardi held a team meeting before last night's finale with the Braves to instruct his players on how he intends to prevail over Jerry Manuel's squad. An ... (link)