Comments on: Girardi's gaffes give Angels new life

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By: bill

bill — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:35:52 +0000

If it is only for all his stupid antics Joba Chamberlain should get lit up everytime hes on the mound. The stuff he did after getting his last out in game 2 is just plain misplaced, this is baseball not soccer. As for Teixeira, Matsui, Damon it is very strange that pitchers have not figured out these dead pull hitters. Other than Jeter and Alex the gross of Yankee hitters are pull hitters, still 7 players hiz more than 20 homers, so the pitching got to be sudpect. As for Girardi, it is difficult looking at him with his I am so very important looks. This guy does not fit on a team like the Yankees, he probably is to young, inexperienced and does not have the BODY LANGUAGE of Mature Yankee Manager.

By: tululah

tululah — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:06:11 +0000

Leave Joba alone. It’s the yankees fault for trying to ramake him. He was dynamite in the bull pen and he had confidence. The powers thatbe decided to create a starter and it backfired. Put the kid back into the bullpen. Girardi is out of his league.

By: Omega

Omega — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:46:08 +0000

and if ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’ were candy and nuts we’d all have a merry freakin’ christmas.
If the moves had worked, NYC would be building a shrine in Joe’s honor. Give the guy a break, this is only his 3rd season as a manager and first time in the playoffs.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:36:03 +0000

Pretty unintellegent comment. Were you screaming at the TV Saturday when every move that he made worked perfectly. Everyone loves to blame the manager, but the Yankee offense is two players so far, Jeter and A-Rod. The offense is 3 for 28 with RISP this Series! 4 for 28 means a win last night and 3-0. Of Course, it is more fun to be an armchair manager. If you did your moves, they would be 2-1 losing Saturday but winning yesterday. Wow your smart.

By: John

John — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:11:29 +0000

If it weren’t for four solo home runs the Yankees wouldn’t have scored at all for they obviously can’t produce meaningful hits with runners on base. If they continue to rely on homers they’ll be watching the Angels and Phillies play in the World Series.

By: Damian

Damian — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:57:58 +0000

Robertson should never have been pulled.
No, Buck is not the worst announcer. The guy sitting next him owns that spot and Busck is running a close second.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:18:58 +0000

Bench Girardi

By: jim

jim — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:16:09 +0000

I agree. Girardi is lucky he has great players to bail him out. Even his players questioned him

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:52:25 +0000

Girardi is an idiot for pulling Robertson, no question. Even if you are going to go “by the book,” there was no book to go on in this situation.
Your point re: Damon is wrong: “It was a ball that likely would have eluded Damon as well, but the natural outfielder would have made a better run at it.” Umm…no he wouldn’t have. Have you watched any Yankee game over the last 3 seasons? Damon is an atrocious outfielder, who takes horrendous routes to the ball. So, you can’t fault Girardi for replacing Damon with a halfway decent outfielder with the game on the line.
However, Girardi made numerous other terrible decisions which led to having to insert Hairston in left. Girardi chose to pinch run Gardner for Matsui, so Garnder became the DH. When Gardner came up again against Fuentes in the 9th, Girardi (again playing the “percentages” with a lefty/righty matchup) pinch hit Hairston for Gardner. This was stupid for a number of reasons. First, if you actually look at the stats, Hairston batted .240 against lefties this season, whereas Gardner batter .290. Second, and most glaring, is why pinch run Gardner there? Gardner is probably your best outfielder, so he gets wasted when pinch hitting for the DH. Girardi chose to keep Guzman on the post season roster. Pinch run Guzman for Matsui. Otherwise, don’t keep Guzman on the post season roster.

By: peter_sf

peter_sf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:50:06 +0000

for the record, i amn’t either a phils fan. indeed, i am a sox fan, a yankmees hater through and through. i still see the phils winning it all.

By: soxman66

soxman66 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:44:01 +0000

As a bonafide fan of the definitely-wasn’t-our-year Red Sox, I hate the Yankees.
But Girardi is just managing the same way he did in leading the Yanks to the best record in baseball and 6 previous postseason wins.
If pathetic fans wants to run him out of town, please do, for the sake of the rest of the league. But no one is going to beat Girardi’s Yankees this year. Unfortunatey.

By: peter_sf

peter_sf — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:40:10 +0000

i wasn’t upset by girardi’s moves whatsoever. i yelled with glee not gloom when i watched his boneheaded changes. all the yankee’s fans around me became haters quickly. i am not an angels fan. i am less a yankees fan. phils will beat angels in 6 games.

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:34:53 +0000

And what ever happened to SMALL BALL. 2nd & 4th innings, 2 men on with ZERO outs. Cano batting and he couldn’t BUNT. For God’s sake it doesn’t have to happen enough all year that Girardi couldn’t have asked Cano to try to lay down a bunt ?????????

By: Everyone Chill Out!

Everyone Chill Out! — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:32:05 +0000

People are acting like the yanks lost the series.
Agreed, Girardi has been making some dumb moves all post season and the yankees are winning in spite of him. But he wasn’t the one who stranded 10 and was 0-8 with RISP.
They just had a bad game as a TEAM–players and managers. The Yankees can still win with Girardi, in fact, they’re gonnna win it all.

By: smittyny

smittyny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:16 +0000

hey joe, if it ain`t broke, don’t fix it.

By: robb

robb — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:23:31 +0000

A lame excuse for Girardi being a rookie post season manager. The game is played the same and requires the same managerial decisions from little league to the MLB world series except for the big payday at the end. Although I like Joe, I’ve watched the Yankees all season long and have puzzled over a lot of his decisions. Also, I have for years tried to figure out why guys can’t pitch 30-35 pitches night after night. They’re in excellent health, stronger than long ago players, and make top dollar. Bet Dizzy Dean is rolling in his grave – he could & would pitch both ends of a double header….

By: carbo

carbo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:01:53 +0000

lol. he also changed rooms when he got there because the 1st one didn’t have any problems.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:59:25 +0000

Of course I meant that Girardi graduated. Sorry.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:56:51 +0000

What no one seems to realize is that graduated with honors from the Grady Little’s School of Mismanagement.

By: tom s

tom s — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:50:18 +0000

who’s the new driver – Ralph Cramden?

By: tom s

tom s — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:48:02 +0000

time to sit Swish. 1st & 3rd no out. twice. zero rbi’s. looks lost.

By: Warren

Warren — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:46:23 +0000

This just in – Joe Girardi changed bus drivers on the ride back to the team hotel!

By: jeff

jeff — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:37:55 +0000

i am a bit surprized that joe left in andy for that long i thought he should have pulled him out oncehe got into trouble

By: oswegosteve

oswegosteve — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:34:28 +0000

I am a die-hard Yankees fan but, all season I’ve been saying that Girardi has no “feel” for the flow of a baseball game….he proved that last night.
The biggest difference between Joe Girardi and Joe Torre is that Torre would often go with the “hot hand” at the plate and on the mound. It’s part of what a manager (a good manager) should do. If he is truly in tune with the game, he has the correct instincts most of the time in the manuevers he makes. Girardi puts way too much emphasis on what the book says vs. what his gut tells him to do.
Last night, he cost the Yankees a win with:
1. Having a runner attempt to steal a base on a 0 – 1 count in front of Posada who was at the plate (Posada hit a HR after the runner was thrown out…)
2. Continuing to go with Nick Swisher in the lineup – everyone in the universe knows what a streaky player Swisher is. Right now he is ice cold at the plate but, Girardi continues to stick him in the lineup and, his ABs are killing rallies.
3. The inexplicable replacing of Robertson on the mound after he got the first two outs of the inning. Robertson is very nearly a dominating pitcher at the moment, throwing his best stuff of the season. Because “the book” told him that Aceves was the better matchup, he removed Robertson and the rest is history…..
It has become painfully obvious that the Yankees have won this year in spite of their manager…….

By: -z-

-z- — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:25:58 +0000

Are you knocking Stengel? – Take a look at the rosters of all those teams he beat in the World Series – Far more Hall of Famers than were on Stengel’s Yanks.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:20:54 +0000

I was not screaming at the TV because of stupid decisions because the freakin game started at 1:30 on a Monday afternoon.
Come on MLB. Playing at home means playing at home– not on your own field in an east coast time slot.

By: Yankee in VA

Yankee in VA — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:18:33 +0000

I think the worst decision that no one is discussing happened in the eighth inning.
The Yanks are down 4-3 after Kendrick tripled and scored on a sac fly in the bottom half of the seventh.
Matsui leads off the top of the eighth with a single.
Girardi inserts Gardner to pinch run.
Posada takes a first pitch strike, but Gardner doesn’t run.
After a lot of cat-and-mouse between Gardner and the red-bearded Angel reliever, Gardner runs on a pitch-out. Close play, but out at second.
Posada homers on the next pitch to tie the game at 4-4.
My point is, if Gardner runs on the first pitch, he probably makes it and then the Yanks take the lead 5-4 on Jorge’s homerun. Or don’t run at all and let your lineup drive in runs. That’s how you got here. Don’t start playing small ball now.
Girardi’s decisions are either predictable (everyone in the park knew Gardner was running, hence the pitch-out), or he tries to overthink everything. Two games in a row, the Yanks have had one guy left in the bullpen. Not smart…if this is baseball genius, then maybe that’s why I don’t get it. Otherwise, Joe’s just getting in his own way.