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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
Yeah Giradi going to be sending messages now that they're far out of the race? Wow. Tough call. Have you seen how many times BJ Upton's been benched this year for not running out ground balls? 2 or 3 times and he's a Tampa Ray in case you didn't know it. Giradi, while only a symptom, not the cause of the yank collapse this year is still not suited to be their bench boss.
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Hopefully with this year of experience he has a better understanding of what to do next year. Girardi has been good at making straight up baseball and game decisions like how to use the bullpen, etc...but the "people" decisions he could have been better at.
I don't really think its a coincedence that Cano has been hitting better and busting his ass after the benching a couple days ago. Doing it in June would have been smarter. Cano is the kind of player that seems to need someone pushing him and thats what Larry Bowa did the past couple years. I think thats whats been missing with him this year.
But really, having one reliable starter and an inconsistent lineup is what killed the Yankees this year.