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Molina Pick-Off Proves Girardi’s A Genius.
mlbnotebook.com - 10/30/2009
Molina Pick-Off Proves Girardi’s A Genius.
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There was a big hubbub about Joe Girardi starting Jose Molina (.217/.292/.268 this year) at catcher over Jorge Posada (.285/.363/.522 this year) tonight. The justification was that AJ Burnett pitched better with Molina behind the plate, and that that made up for the massive difference in ...
bats.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
Analysis: Girardi Succumbs to Old Myths
— bats.blogs.nytimes.com — Yankees Manager Joe Girardi, for all his emphasis on enlightened thinking, succumbed to two myths on Thursday... in setting his lineup for Game 2 -- that hitting streaks matter in baseball, and that pitchers perform better with certain catchers. (more) Analysis: Girardi Succumbs to Old Myths

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Joe Girardi, umpires and other October disasters - Jon Heyman - SI.com
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 10/26/2009
Joe Girardi, umpires and other October disasters - Jon Heyman - SI.com
— sportsillustrated.cnn.com — NEW YORK -- Good call by The Commish to bag Game 6 early Saturday night, and well... before the deluge came, too. Maybe Bud Selig should be manning one of the bases tonight. Heaven knows, baseball could use an umpiring upgrade. Selig must have learned ... (more) Joe Girardi, umpires and other October disasters - Jon ...

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All's Well That Ends Well
fackyouk.blogspot.com - 10/30/2009
All's Well That Ends Well
— fackyouk.blogspot.com — Good morning, Fackers. We can all exhale a bit as the Yankees did what they had to... do last night in order to even the series on the way to Philly. The outcome was on the line until the very last at bat, and there were a lot of people that were acquitted of some bad decision making when Matt ... (more) All's Well That Ends Well

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Camden Crazies — ... . Additionally, I put up a post at MLB Notebook during the game about how Molina’s pick-off in the third compared to the drop-off in offensive potential from Posada. Full post here, with an excerpt below. ...

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Okay, so it’s the day before Game 1 of the World Series and the media horde at the Stadium today was busily trying to uncover every nugget possible to bring to their readers, including 10 or so intrepid reporters from New York’s favorite hometown paper. “Will Jose Molina ...