Saturday, April 12, 2008
Time for JOE GIRARDI to pull his 'head' from outta his ass!!!
The NYYankee manager left MIKE MUSSINA in to pitch to MANNY RAMIREZ in the 6th inning Saturday [April 12, 2008] with two outs runners on 2nd + 3rd - and did not 'order' his former player MUSSINA to walk MANNY with first base open!!! STOP TRYING TO BE A 'NICE GUY' AND START BEING A MANAGER!!! Needless to say RAMIREZ doubled - driving in two and later was driven in by KEVIN YOUKILIS. PULL YOUR HEAD FROM OUTTA YOUR ASS AND MANAGE THE TEAM INSTEAD OF TRYING TO BE 'ONE-OF-THE-GUYS' AND COMPASSIONATE FOR THE VETERAN MUSSINA WHO CAN BARELY GET HIS FASTBALL UP TO A 'BLISTERING' 85 M.P.H. aided by a strong tailwind.
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Girardi and Mussina were never battery mates. Mussina pitched with the Orioles through 2000. Girardi left the Yankees in 2000. Mussina also has been hitting 87-88, and has pitched better than expected so far this year. I think if he can give up 3-4 runs against Boston going against their top pitcher ( he should be matching up with Wakefield or whoever the #5 is but petittes injury messed up the rotation order), he is doing alright.
BUT you are definitely right about Girardi making the wrong call. It could have been the different between Mussina going 5 2/3 or 6 innings with only 1 earned run and the Win versus 4 runs in 5 2/3 and the loss.
you are quite correct - i confused GIRARDI's bench coaching years with his catching duities - thanks for the correction - zaj
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