I am not thrilled by Joe Girardi as NY manager.
He is too much a micro-manager, wanting to control every aspect of the game! What made Joe Torre such a great manager was he really trusted his players and let them play the game! Giardi doesn't trust his team!
When he wouldn't challenge the hit batter call he didn't trust Sanchez' telling him that the ball hit the bat not the hand!
I wish they would get a manager that would play total baseball, meaning bunt for a base hit, sacrifice bunt, hit to the other field, steal bases, etc as well as use the power hitting. There is so much talent on this team that is not being utilized!
Giardi last year in a post game press conference after the Yankees got 10 hits but couldn't drive them in and was asked what more he can do as manager to spark the team and give them a better chance to win. He answered, "we're not that type of ballclub, we're a power hitting team." This team swings for the fences too much that they don't really see the pitch! Well if you can't hit home runs you need something to fall back on!
For example, with Brett Gardner batting leadoff, and supposed to be one of the fastest runners in baseball he should use all aspects of the bunt when he comes up to bat! He does nothing offensively that takes advantage of his speed and when he gets on base is afraid to steal a base! Giardi should have all his players force the opposition into mistakes.
