nymag.com - 10/20/2009
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Joe Girardi pulling a pitcher with two outs when he doesn't need to is nothing new. He's done it plenty of times this year, and truth be told, it's worked for him more often than it hasn't. But usually, there's a logic to it: a one-off lefty-righty matchup, a starter who's out of gas, or ...
nydailynews.com - 10/20/2009
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Joe Girardi's propensity for burning through his bullpen
finally caught up to him when he pulled David...
Robertson after he had retired the first two Angels in the 11th inning and watched frozenly as Alfredo Aceves promptly lost Game 3. ...
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Madden: Girardi is a relief ditcher
mlb.fanhouse.com - 10/20/2009
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by Frankie Piliere In Advanced Scouting , MLB
FanHouse's professional talent evaluator breaks down the playoffs from...
a scouting perspective. It's easy to be pessimistic after a team suffers a crushing loss, mostly because fans and broadcasters ...
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So What, Exactly, Might Girardi Have Been Thinking in ...
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The Day After: The Phils, Mathis Mania and a bad day for Joes
Big League Stew —
... Joe DeLessio, New York Magazine:
"Joe Girardi pulling a pitcher with two outs when he doesn't need to is
nothing new. He's done it plenty of times this year, and truth be told,
it's worked for him more often than it hasn't. But usually, there's a
logic to it: a one-off lefty-righty matchup, a starter who's out of
gas, or trying to squeeze an extra third of an inning out of one of his
better relief pitchers. None of that came into play last night." ...
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