Yankees buying into Girardi

[browntown653]

ESPN - Yankees buying into new way of doing things under Girardi - MLB

Excellent article here. Joe G has really cemented himself as the new sheriff in town, which is exactly what he has to do. It's his team now and he should be free to run it as he sees fit. Looks like the players are getting used to him too. I'm excited for the Girardi era.

[bwitty24]

very good article...looking forward to the start of the season

[Doppelgänger]

I was really rooting for the Reds to pick him up. Good job by the Yankees, a change of pace was obviously needed and Girardi is a great guy to bring in for it.

[browntown653]

I don't know what I would do if the Yankees hired Dusty Baker.

[nyjunc]

I hate these types of articles, what do they expect players to say? As a Jet fan I have seen the coaches change often(I did as a Yankee fan as a kid but we stunk back then) and every time a new coach comes in the players speak glowingly of them. I am excited about Girardi and think he'll do a great job(I have hoped Girardi would take over for Torre after Torre retired since Girardi was a player here) but let's talk to the players in July/August and see what they think.

[DirtyKash]

I loved Girardi's ejection today. Bottom of the 9th inning so it's all good. Giambi gets a horrible call against him, umpire says that he fouled off a ball into the catcher's glove when clearly nothing like that happened, it was definitely a ball. Girardi comes out and gets in the umpire's face, tosses his baseball cap, goes to pick it up and tosses it again. Girardi really got his money's worth and got a nice standing ovation from the crowd. Good stuff.

[browntown653]

Absolutely horrific call. I love Girardi there lighting a fire under his team with his best Piniella impression

[NYgiantsfan5689]

I loved Girardi's ejection today. Bottom of the 9th inning so it's all good. Giambi gets a horrible call against him, umpire says that he fouled off a ball into the catcher's glove when clearly nothing like that happened, it was definitely a ball. Girardi comes out and gets in the umpire's face, tosses his baseball cap, goes to pick it up and tosses it again. Girardi really got his money's worth and got a nice standing ovation from the crowd. Good stuff.

THIS is EXACTLY why instant replay in baseball would be bad. Girardi wouldn't have a chance to back up his team. He'd go out, challenge, and get the call reversed. Managers being able to back up their team and light a fire under their ass would completely disappear

[bwitty24]

Well, it depends on what instant replay is used for. If it is used just for homefuns then it doesn't affect that.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

Well, it depends on what instant replay is used for. If it is used just for homefuns then it doesn't affect that.

you are correct. i think that should be the extent of the installment of it

[browntown653]

THIS is EXACTLY why instant replay in baseball would be bad. Girardi wouldn't have a chance to back up his team. He'd go out, challenge, and get the call reversed. Managers being able to back up their team and light a fire under their ass would completely disappear

Managers can still "light a fire" for their teams in the clubhouse, so to speak. If you even buy into that theory. There are plenty of other ways to do it then arguing a call.

[ljshorty89]

Absolutely horrific call. I love Girardi there lighting a fire under his team with his best Piniella impression

I wouldn't call the call horrific. It was actually a lot closer than I'm sure you realize. Even the YES network announcers acknowledged that it DID sound as if the ball hit something. It may well have hit the knob of the bat, but I honestly could not tell. The call was definitely questionable, but definitely NOT horrific. It was a close call, can't REALLY be 100% clarified by replay. I don't think there'd be enough conclusive evidence to OVERTURN the call. It was close. It may have been wrong. But it wasn't THAT bad.