[daggerkobe]

1. pitches to Manny with 1b open....loses
2. doesn't have Damon bunt....loses
3. leaves Jaba in too long....loses

today:

Damon leadoff double in 7th. instead of having Melky bunt he strikes out
and they don't score.

keeps Dorf (who?) in too long and gives up 3 hits to lose the game.

Did this idiot forget how to manage when he put on the pinstripes?????

[SBR Lou]

Did you watch the game..??

Melky tried to bunt and was awkward as hell doing it, he got the count to 0-2 that way and then swung on the next pitch and even that swing was cockeyed. That was the at bat from hell.

[TheLock]

Girardi was an average (or slightly below average) in-game manager when he was with the Marlins.

He was a great motivator and and a very good disciplinarian but he made many questionable in game decisions so I don't think it's anything new.

I was real happy for him in 2006 when he won Manager of the Year but that had more to do with a lot of the unknown talent the Marlins had, not his in-game moves.

<-----Die-hard Marlins fan.

[Tsoprano]

rather have Torre still there.

[daggerkobe]

doesn't matter if he had 2 strikes. u gotta bunt in that situation.
bunting with 2 strikes is still far easier than a full swing.
and since he was 0-3 with tons of runners left stranded
he had to bunt with Jeter and A-rod coming up.

Captn Crutch hitting into a DP in the 9th didn't help
but it shouldn't have mattered.

leaving in DORf baf was beyond stupid.

[daggerkobe]

TheLock

I was actually glad they hired him because I thought he'd
be more hands on and coming from NL he would manufacture
runs a la Scioscia and Ozzie but its been polar opposites.
He just sits there and waits for 10 run innings like Torre used to do.

I hope the Tankees lose 90 games this season so he'll be fired. Hes
just a nitwit.

[onlooker]

Milky can't bunt for sheit, well today anyway. If you watched the game, you would of seen that he would of been better off trying to get a base hit. He was so uncomfortable trying that sac bunt today.

Needless to say, I jumped on the Yankees early today for tomorrows game.

[daggerkobe]

melky is their best bunter and it was joe who
paniced and removed the bunt sign. if u can't bunt
with 2 strikes u need to be kicked out of the league. even
pitchers know how, u see it all the time in the NL.

and what the hell was he saving jabo for? post game press conference?

[onlooker]

melky is their best bunter and it was joe who
paniced and removed the bunt sign. if u can't bunt
with 2 strikes u need to be kicked out of the league. even
pitchers know how, u see it all the time in the NL.

and what the hell was he saving jabo for? post game press conference?

Removing the bunt had nothing to do with the first few attempts at the bunt. Not sure if he is their best bunter, but damn, he doesn't look like he does it much.

[rjt721]

I love Yankees fans.

[daggerkobe]

i wish I were dumb, then I'd be managing the Tankees.

[moneyline]

But dagger, you do represent yourself as dumb. Perhaps you should apply?

[rjt721]

If you don't know who Ohlendorf is, or know Chamberlain's first name, you're probably in no position to criticize the manager.

[Cee]

I was happy on girardi at 1st. Now after seeing what he's doing I'm not pleased. Yanks miss playoffs this season

[daggerkobe]

I've seen Melky bunt and he definately knows how to.
numerous analysts have also said he is their best bunter.

then why did joe remove the bunt sign? because it was two strikes
and he paniced. never said because he looked bad. his three at bats
prior looked far worse. bunting never slumps.

[moneyline]

Cee, people predict that every year. Eventually they are going to be right, no?

[daggerkobe]

I don't give a damn how u spell their names. I've been watching baseball for close to 30 years and losing because the manager doesn't know basics
always gets under my skin. plus I'm winning at over 63 percent this season so I guarantee I've forgotten more baseball than any of u will ever know.

[daggerkobe]

allagainstodds

ur obviously a dumb bandwagon fan

so tell me who is the best bunter on the team?
because he couldn't put the bunt down in two tries he sucks? u do know a batter gets at least three chances?

[rjt721]

I guarantee I've forgotten more baseball than any of u will ever know.

Head-to-head any time.

[daggerkobe]

name the place and the time

[Cee]

Cee, people predict that every year. Eventually they are going to be right, no?

True.

I'm a yankee fan and I'm predicting them to miss the playoffs tho.

[BAUS]

Francona hasn't looked too sharp the past 2 games. Not bunting when he should have, and not bringing in Papelbon when he could have.

Red Sox on a bad run right now.

BAUS

[purecarnagge]

Red Sox's blunder are questionable compared to Yankee's lately...

[jjgold]

These managers have the players, coaching means nothing in MLB , you do not need a manager and outcomes of games would be the same.