Meetings can only go so far
yankees.lhblogs.com 7/4/2008 — The Yankees have held two team meetings over the last 10 days after bad losses. Chapter One in the Joe Girardi Motivational Manual seems to be to hold a meeting. There’s a problem with meetings, however. What happens if you lose the next day?  ...

GIRARDI 'NOT HAPPY' AS YANKS BLANKED
nypost.com 7/4/2008 — Sick of watching his team embarrass the most prestigious uniform in sports, manager Joe Girardi blistered the Yankees' ears last night. "He laid the hammer down," somebody with knowledge of the meeting said. "He challenged them." And...

Pregame notes: The Day After
beloblog.com 7/4/2008 — By Joe McDonald Journal Sports Writer NEW YORK -- Yankees manager Joe Girardi was grilled this morning by the New York media about his decision to hold a 30-minute closed-door meeting with his club, following Thursday's 7-0 loss to the Red Sox. ...

Can Kim Ng break the gender barrier?
sports.yahoo.com 7/4/2008 — Kim Ng of the Dodgers is the only female close to becoming a general manager. Will she get a shot? Will any woman?

Yanks vs. Sox, Game 2
nydailynews.com 7/4/2008 — 1:48 p.m.: Welcome back for Game 2 of this four-game set, though if I were you, I’d be at a barbecue somewhere with a cold drink in hand instead of in front of my computer. In any event, thanks for logging on. Pretty uneventful pregame today, with ...

Girardi rips into team after 7-0 loss — Blogging the Bombers - NY Daily News Blogs 7/4/2008
Nothing like a 34-minute team meeting to ruin a perfectly good night. Okay, so it wasn’t exactly a good night for the Yankees before the meeting, but after Joe Girardi ripped into his team for their blasé, impassionate play, the night had surely ...

Yankees' pitchers Bruney, Hughes make progress — Latest Sporting News Articles for MLB 7/4/2008
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) -- New York Yankees reliever Brian Bruney allowed one run and two hits over two inn...

LIVE: Yanks, BoSox tangle again in the Bronx — FOXSports.com News for MLB 7/4/2008

Clubhouse finds clarity following loss — Major League Baseball News 7/4/2008
Less than 12 hours after he rocked the Yankees with a scathing team meeting, Joe Girardi was preaching coolness on Friday, proclaiming it a new day and urging his players to move on.

On the fence: Youkilis drive sits on wall — Boston.com -- Baseball News 7/4/2008
Kevin Youkilis' drive squirted out of the webbing of Johnny Damon's glove and bounced up off the top of the left-field wall in the third inning of Friday's game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees.