Turning this game on in the 7th inning turned out to be a great decision.
Fantastic gm. 8 total home runs
Terrible managing by the Dodgers though. They'd used every pitcher by the 11th inning. So even if the Dodgers tied the game they were likely to eventually lose.
Which is mind-boggling considering they had a 3-1 lead going into the 8th inning and tried to use Janssen for a six-out save.
Second, I'd be pretty pissed if I were a Yankee fan. A young up and coming team who clearly liked Girardi.
I'm not a Yankees fan, but I dont understand firing him given the Yankees did better this season than many people expected.
He technically wasn't fired, they didn't renew his contract.
I agree though, I think this is a mistake. My first reaction as per the rumors was that Joe was stepping away to be with his family more. To hear this was the team's decision surprised me.
I don't really understand why he was fired/contract not extended, the timing is just odd. My friend, he's a big Yankees fan, he says they should have either fired him a year or two ago, before the ''Retooling/rebuild'' or whatever they're calling it, or moved forward with him now. I know he had time left on his contract then, but it's the Yankees and they've eaten money like that before. It's been a long time since they've done it to a manager, as I think both Torre and Showalter were both expiring contracts when they left. I thought the timing was weird. Either let him go before moving in a new direction, or let him continue on in this current direction, which was an ALCS run and one game away from the world series.First, what an unbelievable game last night. Such a fun game
Second, I'd be pretty pissed if I were a Yankee fan. A young up and coming team who clearly liked Girardi. After the game 2 debacle in Cleveland and the no challenge, that young team played hard to pick up their manager.
Simply depressing
I was told by someone at work yesterday afternoon, that there was a plane crash a little up the coast from us. He was told this by someone who was up by where the plane went down.This is a local story for Bleed and I too, so it will be all over here even more than most.