From One Extreme to Another
baseballmusings.com 10/13/2009 — TBS has Bob Raissman looking forward to Joe Buck and Tim McCarver . He has a point here:
Fox, beginning Friday, airs the ALCS, which means T-Mac will be back asking questions. When Joe Girardi walked to the mound to get Andy Pettitte in the seventh inning on Sunday night, someone heard ...
Girardi: Yankees “definitely considering” a three-man rotation
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/13/2009 — Joe Girardi just did a conference call with the beat writers and said that while the team won’t have its roster/scouting meeting until tomorrow morning, “We are definitely considering going to a three-man rotation in this round.”
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Yankee Roster and Pitching Rotation Decisions
noyoureatowel.net 10/14/2009 — A few roster and rotation questions came out of today. From Joe Girardi: “We are definitely considering going to a three-man rotation in this round.” This makes a ton of sense to me. So does IIATMS . As Sam Borden explains : Girardi pointed to the lighter workload that CC Sabathia faced in ...
A Few Updates From Joe Girardi
bats.blogs.nytimes.com 10/14/2009 — Joe Girardi spoke with the beat writers for about 20 minutes this afternoon. There were no definitive statements, but here are the highlights.
Joe Girardi: Strategist
310tojoba.blogspot.com 10/14/2009 — Overmanagin' Joe Girardi loves him some bullpen matchups. Perhaps a bit too much. Any Yankee fan who hasn't already had cardiac arrest induced as a result of the skipper's mixing and matching will tell you this. With a look towards the ALCS, which starts Friday against the Angels, Girardi is ...
The Right Attitude About Running
baseballmusings.com 10/14/2009 — I like Joe Girardi’s take on the Angels running game :
“The focus when you play the Angels is not to get wrapped up in their running game, because they’re going to run,” Girardi said on a conference call yesterday. “The bottom line is that you have to keep making pitches, and when your ...
Could We See GGBG in the Outfield?
pinstripealley.com 10/15/2009 —
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Joe Girardi has hinted that he would consider shaking up his outfield.
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General Joe To Play Hide-A-Starter Card Again?
waswatching.com 10/16/2009 — Remember that game in April last year where Joe Girardi didn’t want to “waste” a starting pitcher in a game that began with it raining – and he “started” Brian Bruney and then later brought in the scheduled ...
CC Starts Game Four
baseballmusings.com 10/19/2009 — Joe Girardi announced that CC Sabathia will start game four of the ALCS .
Sabathia starting Game 4
yankees.lhblogs.com 10/19/2009 — Joe Girardi just announced that C.C. Sabathia will start Game 4 in Los Angeles.
Girardi said Sabathia did some work today so that the Yankees could gauge how he feels, and Sabathia feels good.
“He’s had success going on short rest if ...
Joe Made A Lot Of Moves
yankeesredsox.com 10/18/2009 — Maybe it's just me, but I get the sense Joe Girardi wants to show he is smarter than Mike Scioscia. I think it bugs him that everyone handicapping this series thought Scioscia would run circles around Girardi in the startegy department and he is out to prove them wrong. Maybe I am ...
Poll Results: Fans side with Girardi to start Sabathia in game 4
lennysyankees.com 10/19/2009 — Joe Girardi tabbed CC Sabathia to start game 4 tomorrow night, and the fans were on the same page with the manager. Sabathia led the charge in the vote, taking 54 percent. It’s the right call in my eyes. The Yankees haven’t asked Sabathia to pitch on three days rest all year long, ...
Nightmare at the Big ‘A’, Part MMIX
baseballdigest.com 10/20/2009 — Throughout this current post-season, New York Yankees fans and the metropolitan area media have waited for Joe Girardi to screw up. It’s not that anyone wanted him to, but Girardi’s managerial style during the playoffs, though successful ...
Joe Girardi: Overmanager of the year?
subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — It's all your fault, Joe. The Yankees should have won today's ALCS game, and they would have had a great chance at doing so, if Joe Girardi had left well enough alone. I think Girardi has done a terrific job overall this year, but his relentless overmanaging of the bullpen cost the Yankees the ...
Joe Girardi Is A Big Fat Idiot
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — Tonight's loss to the Angels has me so frustrated. I had to go to the store to pick up a few things right after the game and the whole time I was there I kept uttering some not so nice things under my breath while shaking my head in disbelief. Tonight's loss was purely on Joe Girardi and his ...
BUNGLING JOE STRIKES AGAIN
majorleagueblogging.com 10/20/2009 — My sons tell me I am too negative about Joe Girardi. They point out that the Yankees are six wins from a World Championship, and that Girardi must receive some credit for this achievment.
I must respectfully continue to disagree. If the Yankees win the World Series, it will be in spite of ...
And That Happened: LCS Edition
hardballtimes.com 10/20/2009 — Angels 5, Yankees 4 : Girardi, on the decision to replace Dave Robertson with Alfredo Aceves:
Joe Girardi : The bullpen goes up to eight. Look, right across the board, eight, eight, eight and...
Beat Reporter : Oh, I see. And most managers only use the number of relievers they actually ...
Girardi: "It's just different kind of stuff against those hitters" .... Ummmm What?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 10/20/2009 — When asked why he went with Alfredo Aceves instead of keeping David Robertson in the game Joe Girardi said: “It’s just different stuff against those hitters,” Girardi said, without offering specifics. “We have all the matchups and all the scouting reports, and we felt that it was a better ...
When are the Yankee bats going to wake up? —
Subway Squawkers
I focused most of my ire after yesterday's loss on Joe Girardi. I did mention the Yankee bats a little, but several Subway Squawkers commenters thought the Yankees' hitters deserved some more blame. Symphony writes, "One day I'll get over this sleeping lineup long enough to focus on Girardi. Its ...
What Was Joe Girardi Thinking Last Night? —
The Sports Section
Joe Girardi pulling a pitcher with two outs when he doesn't need to is nothing new. He's done it plenty of times this year, and truth be told, it's worked for him more often than it hasn't. But usually, there's a logic to it: a one-off lefty-righty matchup, a starter who's out of gas, or ...
Girardi deserves the heat —
New York Yankees Fan Blog
Joe Girardi generally makes good decisions. Yesterday, he did not.Girardi exhibited a classic case of overmanaging yesterday in the 11th inning, and the Angels basically got a gift-wrapped victory a few innings earlier than you would have expected that game...
Girardi's (Over?)-Managing Steals Show —
FanHouse
by Andrew Johnson In the end, only Joe Girardi -- and maybe the people who compiled the scouting binder he kept checking in the Yankees dugout during the latter stages of Game 3 of the ALCS -- will know exactly why he managed the way he did Monday night. That doesn't mean anyone, especially ...
Girardi's (Over?)-Managing Steals Show —
FanHouse
by Andrew Johnson In the end, only Joe Girardi -- and maybe the people who compiled the scouting binder he kept checking in the Yankees dugout during the latter stages of Game 3 of the ALCS -- will know exactly why he managed the way he did Monday night.
That doesn't mean anyone, especially ...
Joe Girardi channels his inner Jerry Manuel —
Subway Squawkers
Joe Girardi's bizarre bullpen move in the 11th inning tonight reminded me of something that Jerry Manuel did way back in April. On April 29, the Mets were trailing the Marlins, 4-3, when they loaded the bases with two outs in the bottome of the ninth. Ramon Castro was coming up. Then Jerry ...
Joe Girardi's Midas Touch —
YFSF
In hindsight--maybe even foresight--Joe Girardi had a bad day.
Girardi visits the mound during Vladimir Guerrero's at bat. It's a 2-2 count. The Yanks are up 3-1. Girardi relays a message to Pettitte via Jorge. Message sent and ball sent over leftfield fence. Game is now tied.
The Skip ...
Girardi Being Ridiculed for Pitching Changes —
Empire Sports Now
David Robertson earned the victory in game two of the ALCS going 1.1 innings and giving up just one hit and no runs with two walks. Yankees coach Joe Girardi went to Robertson in the 11th inning in game three but replaced him with Alfredo Aceves after Robertson successfully got the first ...
Running Scared, Starring Joe Girardi —
My Pinstripes
Nightmare at the Big ‘A’, Part MMIX Written for Baseball Digest Online Throughout this current post-season, New York Yankees fans and the metropolitan area media have waited for Joe Girardi to screw up. It’s not that anyone wanted him to, but Girardi’s ...
Joe Girardi over managed tonight —
yankeesdaily.com
Why did Joe replace one righty reliever with another one with the one he replaced was having a great post season? Robertson was doing great. Aceves wasn’t. Girardi lost the DH when he replaced Damon with Hairston. Damon was hot. He already hit a home run tonight. Then he pinch-hits with Rivera ...
It's Official: CC To Start Game Four —
Fack Youk
Good morning Fackers. Well, that was one helluva weekend. Outside of the Giants getting blown out in Nawlins yesterday I don't know that we could have asked for anything more. In the least surprising news of the weekend, Joe Girardi made it official last night: CC Sabathia will start Tuesday's ...
At Least It's Not That Bad... —
Bats
During his stretch of World Series with the Yankees in the late 1990s, Joe Girardi said, the team rarely played in bitter, raw conditions. But the way it felt on Friday reminded him of his college days at Northwestern.
Girardi has no regrets after Game 3 —
Major League Baseball News
Given a night to consider his alternatives, Joe Girardi stood by the series of buttons he pushed in the Yankees' dugout during Game 3 of the American League Championship Series, even though they resulted in his first career postseason loss.
Rested Kazmir set to face rushed Sabathia —
NY Post: Sports
ANAHEIM -- Scott Kazmir on eight days' rest vs. CC Sabathia on three. Joe Girardi had better be right about his hunch on Sabathia tonight, or the Yankees could be in deep trouble.
After all, Girardi employed seven relievers yesterday in Game 3 of ...
Rested Kazmir set to face Sabathia —
NY Post: Sports
ANAHEIM -- Scott Kazmir on eight days' rest vs. CC Sabathia on three. Joe Girardi had better be right about his hunch on Sabathia tonight, or the Yankees could be in deep trouble.
After all, Girardi employed seven relievers yesterday in Game 3 of ...
Girardi: Sabathia set '4' action —
NY Post: Sports
ANAHEIM -- It will be CC on three. Manager Joe Girardi made it official yesterday, announcing that CC Sabathia will start on three days' rest for the Yankees in Game 4 of the ALCS tomorrow. If a seventh game is need at the Stadium on Sunday, Sabath...
Girardi hopeful rain will hold off —
NY Post: Sports
This morning Joe Girardi wasn’t sure tonight’s ALCS Game 2 against the Angels at Yankee Stadium would be played due to rain.
About three hours from the first pitch, Girardi was a lot more encouraged.
"When I looked at it this morning it looked grim,"...
Girardi remains mum on starters beyond Sabathia —
NY Post: Sports
Emerging from a meeting yesterday where the Yankees' rotation and roster for the ALCS that opens tomorrow night against the Angels at Yankee Stadium was discussed, manager Joe Girardi wasn't ready to announce his rotation beyond ace CC Sabathia in Ga...
Girardi has plan for Halos on wheels —
NY Post: Sports
Joe Girardi was adamant that he doesn’t want his pitchers worrying much about the Angels on the basepaths. But he does plan to try a few ideas to prevent the Angels from stealing a boatload of bases in the ALCS.
“The focus when you play the Angels is...
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