From One Joe to Another

[TransMonk]

Girardi reportedly getting the Yankees job.

Mattingly not on board.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3085167

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Awesome. Let's see him try to move Jeter from SS.

[metirish]

Mattingly must feel like the anointed son getting looked over , maybe Steinbrenner will over rule Cashman anc cause real chaos.

[Frayed Knot]

Mattingly: 'Extremely disappointed ... will not accept a position w/the Yanx during 2008 ... will take time to consider future options'



Might he wind up as a Dodger coach if Torre winds up there (and where his son is a minor leguer)?

[Centerfield]

Wasn't he too high-strung for the Marlins? This could be fun.

[MFS62]

Centerfield wrote: Wasn't he too high-strung for the Marlins? This could be fun.

What will be more fun is that he has mentioned Dallas Green as one of the managers from whom he has learned.
I wonder what part, burning out pitchers or not playing youngsters?

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

He wasn't high strung, unless by high strung, you mean "objected vociferously to interference by meddling bosses."

Which doesn't mean this won't be fun.

[metirish]

Centerfield wrote: Wasn't he too high-strung for the Marlins? This could be fun.

The problem IIRC was that Loria hired Girardi against the wishes of his GM Larry Beinfest, they never got along apparently and that was doomed for the git go. Cashman and Girardi have a relationship of course.

[nymr83]

imo Girardi was the best choice (he has good experience and i dont think he's stuck in the " 'old school' i don't know what a statistic is" mentality.) he also is the potentially more fun choice for non-yankee fans because unlike mattingly i dont think he's going to be the yankee yes-man, maybe he can even have some media wars with players and stuff

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

="metirish"] Cashman and Girardi have a relationship of course.

WHat?!?

[Benjamin Grimm]

I saw a photo of Joe Girardi in the paper today, and I swear, at first glance I thought it was a computer-hybrid mixing the faces of Barak Obama and Wesley Clark.

I thought it was an illustration for some goofy article suggesting they'd make a Dream Team as running mates in 2008.

[Guest Edgy DC]

metirish wrote: ="Centerfield"]Wasn't he too high-strung for the Marlins? This could be fun. The problem IIRC was that Loria hired Girardi against the wishes of his GM Larry Beinfest, they never got along apparently and that was doomed for the git go. Cashman and Girardi have a relationship of course.

The other problem is that Girardi and Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria had a falling out when Loria was sitting behind the plate at a game, riding the umpire hard, and Girardi asked him to cut it out. Loria didn't like getting shown up, headed for the clubhouse, ripped Girardi after the game. Girardi didn't like getting shown up in front of the team any more than Loria did, tempers flared in 90-minute screaming match. This was early August. Reportedly, the Florida clubhouse staff was setting up for hastily called press conference --- presumably to announce Girardi's dismissal or resignation --- but it was called off as cooler heads prevailed. Nonetheless, Girardi was a dead man walking from that point on.

[Fman99]

MFS62 wrote: ="Centerfield"]Wasn't he too high-strung for the Marlins? This could be fun. What will be more fun is that he has mentioned Dallas Green as one of the managers from whom he has learned. I wonder what part, burning out pitchers or not playing youngsters? Later

I think that means he knows how to call Jeromy Burnitz a ****.

[metirish]

3-Years , $7.5M is the deal for Girardi.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Roger Angell on Joe:

http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2007/11/05/071105taco_talk_angell

[Benjamin Grimm]

I finally watched Torre's Monday appearance on Letterman.

His best line was about how, after the "divorce," he and the Yankees have to decide who gets custody of Billy Crystal.

(I'd say that whoever the winner is is actually the loser.)