Girardi’s gotta go. This Yankee team has been underachieving and underperforming for 1 year and 1 month now, and Girardi is responsible. Enough with the injury excuses. Every team has injuries (just look at the Red Sox and Angels) and their not bitching and moaning. Even with all the Yankees injuries, they’re still putting an all-star team out on the field. So nobody wants to hear the injury card being played as to why the Yankees aren’t performing. It’s getting old. You’re always going to have injuries.
An answer that I hate, which many players say in response to questions about their manager is “ well don’t blame the manager, he doesn’t hit the ball and he doesn’t catch the ball”. That statement is true, the manager doesn’t hit the ball or catch the ball however, the manager is responsible for those who do. The manager is supposed to create lineups and make logical in game decisions. He is supposed to keep things cool in the dugout and in the clubhouse. Whenever players give that stupid answer that “managers don’t hit the ball or catch the ball” I think top myself what are they saying? What does that mean? Then what does a manager do? So could I be a manager?
It’s time to push the panic button and Girardi’s gotta go. He is an arrogant manager who doesn’t know how to handle his players or the media. His baseball strategy is perhaps the most mindboggling thing of all. He refuses to make normal in game decisions. I feel like he has to make every decision based on his stubborn unintelligent baseball mind. He’s trying to rewrite the book of managing. He makes every absurd/questionable move with the mindset that if it works then everyone is going to point to him and say “wow what a genius”. But thankfully all his stupid moves backfired and he was unable to receive the recognition that he so desperately wants.
What pisses me off more than Girardi himself are the Girardi defenders. These emotional/unintelligent/stupid fans who don’t know anything about baseball. They love him because he was on the ’96 Yankees. So what?? Who gives a shit? He wasn’t even a great catcher, he just happened to be on the team that year. That doesn’t make up for being the worst manager of all-time. He shouldn’t be entitled to a get out of jail free card because he was on the ’96 Yankees. But he does because most fans are emotional and love him for no good reason at all.
I believe the answer to Yankees problem is Buck Showalter. He’s been around the game for years He’s a respected veteran unlike Girardi. He knows how to manage unlike Girardi and he’s the best guy available. He took the Yankees to the playoffs in ’95, their first time there since 1981 and he was quickly booted out of New York by George Steinbrenner for their early dismissal from the playoffs against Seattle. By the way under George Steinbrenner’s rule Girardi would’ve been out on his can a long time ago.
One more thing about stupid fans is that only now are they are first starting to question and rethink all of the off-season signings. Now they are starting to rethink? Hello? I’ve been ranting since day 1 that CC Sabathia is not worth 7 years at $161 million dollars. You don’t give a guy who’s fat and out of shape a 7 year deal at $23 million a year. He’ll give you 2 to 3 years at most. So basically your spending $161 million for 2 years. Unless the Yankees win the world series in the near future (which they won’t), it’s not worth it. He’s an overrated, yes I said it, overrated pitcher who had a great second half of a season which made his career contract.
AJ Burnett is the next Pavano. Plain and simple. He is super injury-prone and he’s not that great. His career ERA is 3.86 with a record of 89-77. Basically he got an amazing contract for himself out of the Yankees desperation for pitching.
Teixeira is not as great as everyone makes him out to be. An 8 year contract is way too risky for any player. I hate these huge contracts. No single player is worth 8 years at $22.5 million a year. For that same price, I would rather have 5 mediocre players rather than 1 superstar name. I truly believe that 1 person is not worth that much. Perhaps the only player who has the talent to match such a contract would be A-rod (with steroids of course). I would much rather have 4 Javier Vazquez type players on my team that one CC Sabathia. It is just so much more valuable and much more money efficient. It may not look as pretty as a superstar but it’s much smarter.
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