passion4baseball.blogspot.com - 5/30/2009
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The Yankees sure looked awful early in the season and there was a point where they were last in the league in all pitching categories. The wolves started circling and the naysayers started drooling. But since then, the Yankees have powered their way to the division lead and hold that spot for ...
Hey Guess What? Girardi is Good
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 ...
Torre Still Rooting For Yanks
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 5/31/2009 — From SI.com : Although Torre is now on the other side of the country, he still follows the Yankees and watches many of their games. "It's not pain. I look at it and I care about people and I stay in touch with people over there," Torre said. "When you're in California, you get to the ballpark ...
Is Joe Girardi's job in trouble? One columnist seems to think so
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 ...
Is the Joe Girardi Marriage Doomed to Fail?
nybaseballdigest.com 6/23/2009 — Bob Klapisch wrote an interesting article in today’s Record .
It seems the recent Yankees struggles bring up questions about the effectiveness of Girardi’s leadership. Last year the main theme was Girardi’s relationship with the players, specifically veterans, creating a ...
Klapisch: Joe Girardi Managing for His Job
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 6/23/2009 — From Bob Klapisch : 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 already crossed that ...
“Don’t Change Horses In Mid-Stream”
majorleagueblogging.com 5/8/2009 — The Girardi question is an interesting one. While I don’t necessarily disagree with many of the Girardi blunders pointed out by my father in his blogs, the case for weathering the storm and keeping Girardi – at least until the end of the season – needs to be considered.
For starters, ...
Grumpy Sherman
spartyandfriends.com 5/4/2009 — Joel Sherman seems to be a very grumpy person. Just about everything seems to upset him these days when it comes to the Yankees. The NY Post columnist this week took shots at mild mannered manager, Joe Girardi. The title of his article called Girardi, “dopey.” The Posts Phil ...
All Alone At The Top, Yanks Are King Of The Hill
boogiedownbaseball.blogspot.com 5/30/2009 — Tonight's 3-1 victory over the Tribe moves the Yankees into sole possession of 1st place. It's a place they haven't been since the end of the 2006 season. Wow. It's been 2+ seasons since the Yanks have been in first by themselves. Unbelievable. Whoever is in charge of handing out the WWE ...
Girardi and Henry’s Immature Reactions
downswinging.com 6/15/2009 — The Red Sox have won all eight games they have played against the Yankees this season, and it has become quite the embarassment to the New York squad. Despite being just behind the Red Sox in the standings, being swept in all three series by the Sox is not something the Yankees want to make a ...
Some Yanks Fans Chant “We Want Torre!”
waswatching.com 5/6/2009 — Via Mark Feinsand -
The Bombers dropped a 7-3 decision to Boston Tuesday night at Yankee Stadium, giving the Red Sox five straight wins over the Yankees - the first time since 1985 that Boston has opened the season series with five consecutive wins ...
Pettitte is Yanks first concern —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 5/30/2009
After 971 days, the Yankees are looking down on the rest of the American League East, having overtaken first place with a 3-1 win over the Indians Friday night. The Yanks hadn't held the division's top spot since Oct. 2006.
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