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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.



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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    rival. wrote:
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

    Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

    Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.



    Fuck That, i want Donny B.

    haha. Fair enough I guess. Could you imagine if one of these things happened while he was managing the yankees though?
  • Black Diamond
    Black Diamond Posts: 25,109
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

    Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

    Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.
    Buck's first job was with Yankees.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

    Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

    Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.
    Buck's first job was with Yankees.

    No shit. I don't think I remembered that. Thanks.

    Glad to see you are alright.
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    Ya, the newspapers alone would run him out of town.
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.



    Fuck That, i want Donny B.
    Me too.
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  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Black Diamond wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

    Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

    Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.
    Buck's first job was with Yankees.

    double no shit. i think stump was even a first timer? hmm....
  • Gary Carter
    Gary Carter Posts: 14,077
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.
    wow just wow
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.
    Great...another three years of overmanaging.
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  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    rival. wrote:
    i think it just came down to experience. girardi already had the head coaching title... mattingly did not.

    have the yanks ever hired a first time manager?

    Agreed. The New York Yankees is not really the place to learn on the job.

    Don't know. Good question. Xavier should be able to get it.

    Buck Showalter, but he was managing in the system for at least five years before getting the job following the 1991 season. Stump Merrill and Bucky Dent as well, but those guys were stop gaps until the Yankees could get their act together.

    Ralph Houk also. He might be similar to Mattingly. He played parts of eight seasons with the Yankees and coached the previous three seasons (1958-1960) before taking the job. Houk also managed the Tigers, Red Sox and also became a Yankee GM in the mid-1960s.

    Dick Howser, but he was a third base coach for a decade before getting 1980. Gene Michael and Lou Piniella also were first-time skippers and in Lou's case, there was a Lou 2 because Billy 5 ended prematurely in 1988.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    Newch91 wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    So the guy that the majority of people in this thread wanted to manage the Yankees instead of Girardi has added another gaffe to his resume...

    Donnie Baseball ran out of pitchers and had to call the game while managing in the Arizone Fall League.

    This on top of...

    Not noticing a team batting out of order during a spring training game and walking off and back on the mound and having to take his closer out of the game which resulted in a loss.

    I love Mattingly as much as everyone but I think we can all be thankful Cashman and the Steinbrenners picked Girardi over him.



    Fuck That, i want Donny B.
    Me too.


    same
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  • tcaporale
    tcaporale Posts: 1,577
    The CEO of the Texas Rangers called New York Yankees fans "violent," "apathetic" and "an embarrassment" for their behavior during the American League Championship Series in an interview on Monday with ESPN Radio in Dallas.

    Responding to a question about Rangers fans' demeanor during the postseason, Chuck Greenberg digressed into a critique of Yankees fans which included an unflattering characterization.

    "I think our fans have been great," Greenberg said on the "Ben and Skin Show" on 103.3 KESN. "I think particularly in Game 3 of the World Series they just blew away anything I've seen in any venue during the postseason. I thought Yankee fans, frankly, were awful. They were either violent or apathetic, neither of which is good. So I thought Yankee fans were by far the worst of any I've seen in the postseason. I thought they were an embarrassment."

    Greenberg praised Rangers fans for backing their team in Game 2 of the ALCS after having blown Game 1 at home, in which they took a 5-0 lead only to lose to the Yankees 6-5.

    "I thought where our fans were really amazing was in Game 2 against the Yankees," he said. "Because Game 1 was a real gut wrencher, you know, it was a tough way to lose. I thought our fans were spectacular and you'd be amazed how much our players picked up on that passion and enthusiasm."

    Previously, Kristin Lee, the wife of Rangers pitcher Cliff Lee, had said that Yankees fans cursed her, spat at her and threw beer at her while her husband was shutting down the Yankees in Game 3 of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium.

    The Rangers went on to win the series in six games and currently trail the San Francisco Giants, three games to one, in the World Series with Lee pitching in Game 5 Monday night in Arlington.

    Yankees president Randy Levine declined to comment in a statement issued through a spokesperson: "At this time, we are honoring the commissioner's policy regarding respecting and not distracting from the World Series."
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Kevin Long coming back for 3 more years too. Hopefully all they lose is Eiland.
  • xavier mcdaniel
    xavier mcdaniel Somewhere in NYC Posts: 9,435
    as expected Jeter's agent Casey Close went to bat for his client:

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    Chicago 2007
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    Toronto 2011,Toronto 2011
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,629
    Baseball America's Yankees Top 10 prospects

    1. Jesus Montero
    2. Gary Sanchez
    3. Dellin Betances
    4. Manny Banuelos
    5. Andrew Brackman
    6. Austin Romine
    7. Hector Noesi
    8. Eduardo Nunez
    9. Slade Heathcott
    10. Brandon Laird
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year
  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year

    The time has come already
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,025
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    Cliffy6745 wrote:
    Looks like montero is getting a shot at the starting job next year

    The time has come already

    If he wins the job I am reading they will look for him to catch about 100 games. I still hear he is a pretty horrible catcher but it can't get worse than Posada at this point I guess. A DH/Catcher platoon of those two could be pretty solid though.

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