By now you may have heard that I'm not now have been or ever will be a fan of Girardi but I have to be fair here. Just as you can't blame Washington (Rangers) for all the injuries he's had to deal with, you can't blame Girardi for losing 80% of his starting staff.
lol..... who's is talking about the pitching staff, if you haven't noticed the rotation is doing just fine, its the bats that need a wake up call... and girard's got to get on these guys.. PERIOD! and that starts with strategy... first off, ellsbury needs to be our leadoff guy, gardner needs to learn how to steal a base, tex needs to go the other way, but my goodness, the shift works !!!! yes it does, so what does a manager need to do, he needs to have the batter go the other way, bunt a ball!!!! wake up,!!!!!! it ain't rocket science! eveything will fall into place if you make an adjustment here and there... right now its the same ole same ole from this offense!!!!!
Do you think if it was as easy as the manager just having the guy go the other way the shift would be getting used as much as it does in baseball?
there you have it again, fundemental baseball, you got 1 of the best on the mound, your team struggles for runs, leadoff guy doubles farly late in game, and what does your next batter do who ain't babe ruth
Even Smoltz made the comment on MLB that he'd never seen a team like the 2014 Yankees lose 4 of 5 starters and maintain like Girardi has had them doing especially with the sputtering offensive display that has been shown. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the man is a very under rated manager.
Girardi has Fortune 500 management skills. Now you can question his baseball decisions, but his professional mgmt skills are top notch. Now you need to have very professional employees and staff, and to Cashman's credit they bring in quality people. Now those people are struggling on the field, but professionalism gets you through the tough times.
last nite during the rain delay proves my point even more... girardi still thinks he's 1 of the guys, and thats where the problem lies, havin his arm wrapped around cervelli gooffin around.. thats BS man, you cannot be 1 of the guys, u r the skipper, you must have the respect of your players, you don't get it by acting like you are 1 of them! go back to your office and have a plan!
what the........... who has what? girardi is bill gates????? lol picked a bad week to start sniffin glue?
again ex- players to which i am one, who did not make it to show, so what, does it matter? these guys have to say these things, its part of the job!!! do you think they would say girardi is too soft on his guys?
