sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/28/2009
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When Yankees general manager Brian Cashman showed up unannounced in Atlanta to meet his struggling $200 million team, alarms went off, and shrill headlines were created. But while Cashman did meet with manager Joe Girardi in Atlanta, there's no evidence whatsoever that Girardi's in any sort of ...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/26/2009
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Tigers make great moves, look for more The
division always described as wide open became a little...
less so this week, as the Detroit Tigers ' 6-0 homestand enabled them to open a five-game lead on the second-place Twins. They have an owner, Mike Ilitch ...
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Joe Girardi, Eric Wedge top managers who may not be back ...
newyork.yankees.mlb.com - 6/25/2009
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By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com 06/25/09 12:44 AM
ET ATLANTA -- Joe Girardi does not favor the...
salty brand of four-letter language that typically earns quick ejections from big league umpires, but the Yankees' manager had decided he wouldn't be leaving the ...
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A Lazy Sunday with Some Action Taken
The DiaTribe —
... As for whether that move for a new manager will happen this year, it certainly sounds as if Shapiro is stepping in front of his manager, ready to take a bullet even if, as Jon Heymann reports: ...
GameThread: Washington Nationals At Baltimore Orioles - Game 73 or 74 of 162.
Federal Baseball —
... surfaced that the Pirates might send Nyjer Morgan to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge.
• Nationals Scouting Outfield Options?: MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com's Eddie Schmid
"It seems like the Nats are looking for a young, cost-controlled and speedy outfielder as well as a defensively adept one. Who else comes to mind that might be attainable for the Nationals?"
• Joe Girardi, Eric Wedge top managers who may not be back in 2010 - Jon Heyman ...
Heyman on the Yanks: Nady, Girardi
River Avenue Blues —
... In another piece, Heyman handicaps the managers on the hot seat. Girardi, says Heyman, won’t be fired this year no matter the ups and downs of the Yankee season. He will however have to get the team into the playoffs. ...
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nybaseballdigest.com 6/23/2009 — Bob Klapisch wrote an interesting article in today’s Record .
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subwaysquawkers.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — There's a whole to-do in Yankeeland over Bob Klapisch's Bergen Record column suggesting that Joe Girardi is "managing for his job." Klapisch's main points: Girardi has a "history of putting his foot on the gas," like with the 2006 Marlins pitching staff: "Three of the five starters — Josh ...
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nybaseballdigest.com 6/30/2009 — Managing a Major League Baseball team is often an exercise in futility. No matter how brilliant the Manager is, he is only as good as the team surrounding him. Imagine having a job where every move you make is second guessed, even if your decision was the correct one. That is precisely what ...
Reading Joe Girardi’s tea leaves
riveraveblues.com 6/24/2009 — Over the weekend, a crack appeared in the Yanks’ Front Office façade. It wasn’t an outburst from Hank or a strongly-worded press release from Howard Rubenstein. No one was fire, and no one was put on notice.
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lennysyankees.com 6/22/2009 — Joe Girardi announced yesterday that he would rest Alex Rodriguez once a week until the All-Star break . I’m glad to know the plans, but, as a fan, should I really be hearing this? Announcing plans like this just creates an unnecessary overflow of media craze. Now, I will be wondering ...
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fackyouk.blogspot.com 6/26/2009 — After Alex Rodriguez was taken out of the line up for two days in Florida last weekend, the Yankees' plan was to rest him once a week. How quickly things change : Alex Rodriguez should be in the lineup this weekend when the Yankees play their first games at the Mets' new Citi Field. "It's our ...
Klapisch: Judgment days ahead for Girardi
northjersey.com 6/23/2009 — As the Yankees slip just out of the Red Sox radar range, Joe Girardi enters a critical phase of his managerial career. He must prove he s secure enough to survive the Bombers recent turbulence without burnout to himself and his key players. Girardi ...
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Bleacher Report - MLB 6/28/2009
It's been all about pitching this week as Josh Beckett and Tim Wakefield earned their ninth and 10th wins respectively against the Atlanta Braves. Jon Lester evened out his record to 6-6, looking more like his dominating self.
On the power side, ...