Tracy and Scioscia the easy choices
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Scioscia picking up only 15 of 28 possible first-place votes. The others: Ron Gardenhire (6), Joe Girardi (4), Don Wakamatsu (2) and Ron Washington (1). Oddly, Wakamatsu picked up two first-place votes...
Blog | November 18, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 6
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...third strike sucked nearly all of the life out of any potential comeback. Good Move: Obviously, Joe Girardi's decision to use only three starters in the World Series "worked" because the Yankees won...
Blog | November 04, 2009To be 'right,' Girardi has to win
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotMike Lupica on the risks that Joe Girardi just keeps taking: There are still a lot of smart, passionate, grudge-holding Yankee fans who...
Blog | November 04, 2009Monday Mendozas
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...for the Phillies: Melky Cabrera probably won't be available to the Yankees in Game 5. Joe Girardi is making noises about starting Jerry Hairston Jr. (again), mostly because Brett Gardner is an offensive...
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 4
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...that would eventually seem quite precious. Another Costly Move: Potentially costly, anyway. As a friend notes, Joe Girardi lost a one-run lead in the eighth inning without using either of his two best...
Blog | November 02, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 3
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...bats, leading to speculation that he might be replaced in the lineup by Hideki Matsui. But Joe Girardi resisted the temptation, and Swisher got into the October groove with a double in the fifth...
Blog | November 01, 2009Godzilla in the outfield?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotIn the Department of Joe Girardi's Bad Ideas, this might be No. 1: Before a pitch had been thrown in this...
Blog | October 30, 2009Swisher out, Hairston Jr. in
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotSo, Joe Girardi's given in to the pressure: Nick Swisher's out. And who's in? Read it...
Blog | October 29, 2009Kneejerk Reactions: Game 1
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...Phil Coke has held left-handed hitters to a .197 batting average. So why didn't Joe Girardi summon Coke to face Raul Ibanez with the bases loaded in the eighth inning? Granted, David...
Blog | October 28, 2009Will Howard get a pitch he can hit?
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...just keep writing Howard's name into the cleanup slot and hope for the best. But Joe Girardi can do a lot more than hope, and in fact I think Girardi's attempts to...
Blog | October 28, 2009Yankees set roster
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotJoe Girardi still hasn't given us any inkling of who will start Game 4, but at least...
Blog | October 28, 2009Figuring Yankee rotation
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotWith the world still awaiting the puffs of smoke that will signal Joe Girardi's intentions regarding his starting pitchers in the World Series, Dan Rosenheck offers his well-reasoned...
Blog | October 27, 2009Yanks win despite manager
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotMike Celizic joins a chorus of pundits wondering how a control freak like Joe Girardi could possibly have managed his team to within four wins of a baseball championship. Granted, it...
Blog | October 26, 2009Girardi overvalued one step
Rob Neyer, SweetSpotEverybody's hammering Joe Girardi for not yanking A.J. Burnett sooner in Game 5, and maybe everybody's got a...
Blog | October 24, 2009Mattingly's managerial credentials
Rob Neyer, SweetSpot...anyone, and after his one season in that role, he was passed over in favor of Joe Girardi as Torre's replacement. Since then, he has served as Torre's (and the Dodgers') hitting...
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