Fire Girardi

There I said - 3 games in, I'm of the mindset that if the Yanks are serious about 2012, then they should fire Girardi right now, and replace him with Tony Pena.

Girardi was over-managed in game 1 for the sake of looking like he was managing. Ordering two of the games most dominant pitchers to IBB average at best hitters only to put them in a no room for error situation??!!! Anybody who knows pitching, knows that IBBs are a blow psychologically and physically to pitchers (for those not in the know it says 1) you don't have confidence to get them out, and 2) it is hard to find the strike zone after that). Yet Girardi opted to do it to his two best.

Seriously, if you look at Girardi's body of work, there's no reason to keep him. In '09, the Yanks won the title in spite of, not because of Girardi - it was Pena who lit the fuse.

The team was flat in opening weekend - let's see if Nova can stop the slide.

Fire Girardi

As I'm watching The Rays put a 7 spot in one inning and retake the lead of a game the Yanks had in hand - I am wondering: WWTBD?

What would the Boss do?

He would break some glass. He would shake things up. He would fire the manager.

Champions stay focused and put distance between themselves and the pack down the stretch. They don't let up.

Girardi seems content to do just that (as evidenced by his pitching decisions in my opinion)


Fire Girardi, promote Pena

Fire Girardi?

Hey it's Memorial Day, if you're American, you think of those that have sacrificed and preserved our freedom. If you're a Mets fan, you prepare for the inevitable deterioration in your post season hopes and dreams.

With the exception of one game (game 1 vs. Phils) I'm not sure you could have asked for a much better home stand than the Bombers just put up. Looking at who we've got on the upcoming road trip (2 more with Texas, 3 with the struggling Tribe) I like our chances to finish May as strong as we started.
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Now on to business - Despite the wining, and several positives I see (which will be covered later in the week) - I believe there is a spot where serious improvement could be made: The Manager.

Scooter made the comment on the last post regarding the decision making of Girardi (not starting Jeter and Damon with a 3-2 count on Tex in 10th). I"m with him. Questionable managing of the bull pen (I believe I called the Bruney injury the 2nd week of April), not starting runners, not bunting etc. - simply put, I think Girardi freezes sometimes.

I believe that about 10 percent, maybe more, of the games will be decided by the decisions made or not made by the manager. I can think of a half dozen or so occasions (including the finale with the Phils) this season when the game was at hand, we didn't press for the win when the opportunity presented itself, and we ended up with a losing result.

So, if we miss winning the division by a few games, or the playoffs by one to two games - do you fire Girardi? If the answer is yes, then why wait?


I like our winning - I'm sour on our manager as of now. What are your thoughts?

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