I've supported Girardi since game 1 in '08, still consider him the best man for the job. In the case of Cashman I dislike the fact that he is GM and more so that the Steinbrenner tadpoles keep him employed.
Just another reason why I think the SAVE is one of the dumbest stats in baseball, A hit, 3 walks & a run & this bum is awarded a save. Give me a f'king break.
Couple comments from watching the game...(1) fire the 3rd base coach, he's an idiot, (2) didi was 4 for 4 coming up in the 9th without a run scored, wtf?, and (3) when will a Yankee pitcher have the balls to buck mgmt and dust shrek?
Judge is also racking up alot of Ks at AAA along with a .224 BA. However, Pirela was batting .330 with an OPS of .834 in 227 ABs and Cashman not giving him a good long look at 2b is one of MY biggest complaints about Cashman. Pirela is a free swinger and needs alot of ABs to get into a rythym and show what he can do. He can't - imo - be a bench player with few ABs.
At last count, the fat bastard has been plunked a grand total of THREE times by Yankee pitchers in his career. A clear indication that Yankee pitching/philosophy does not include enough pitches INSIDE to this guy. By the numbers, even if they did NOT want to intentionally hit him, by throwing a good balanced amount of pitches on the inner half and/or further inside would've resulted in more HBP. Plain and simply, this guy has no fear, concern or respect for pitches bearing in on him. In the "old days", it was called getting into his kitchen. Instead, he constants takes Yankee pitchers to the woodshed. Nova put one right on the tee for him tonight - a nice juicy hanger on the outer part of homeplate - AT FENWAY!
