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Girardi Holds Closed-Door Meeting
Published 5/15/2008 by Greg Cohen (noreply@blogger.com) at Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog
From Bryan Hoch: ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Joe Girardi held the first closed-door meeting of his Yankees managerial tenure on Wednesday, addressing his team for about 30 minutes before the club's game against the Rays at Tropicana Field. "It had nothing to do with Hank's comments," Girardi said. "It had to do with my own heart. I wanted to have a talk with the club." Girardi said that he would reveal few details about the meeting, except to confirm that there was one, but dropped a hint toward the tone of the meeting when he said, "This club expects to win every day, and it's not happening, and it's bothering us." ...

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Published 5/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Craig Calcaterra) at ShysterBall
Joe Girardi held a closed door meeting before the game last night. What happens in these meetings? It's one thing if there's been a team incident that needs to be addressed or something like that, but when a team is simply playing bad baseball, what does a manager say to them that they don't already know? This isn't like a football or basketball halftime where some fiery motivation or the installation of a quick new scheme or adjustment might help. The best you could possibly do, it seems, is to repeat the lollygagging speech from Bull Durham, and it's not like that's going to work with a veteran-laden team like New York. My guess? Girardi closed the doors and said ...