Word: girardi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...David Wells tirade against a fellow player for a botched play, Torre calmly explained to the brawling, beer-swigging pitcher that he owed his teammates an apology. Even at the very end of the season, when they were embarrassing the Padres in the Series, there was catcher Joe Girardi, squatting on the field while pitchers nailed his body with wild throws that he could block only with his body--a practice drill-hazing ritual that most catchers perform only during spring training...
Irabu's first pitch--a fastball to Brian Hunter on the outside corner for a strike--was cheered loudly by the fans and inwardly by the catcher, Joe Girardi. "I was as nervous as he was," says Girardi. "But after that first pitch, which was right where I wanted it, I knew we'd be O.K." Irabu was perfect the first two innings, striking out four. He ran into trouble in the third, giving up a run, and again in the fifth, when he gave up another run and walked two batters to load the bases. That necessitated a conference...
...pitch in the majors was both earlier and purer, they are nonetheless proud. The headline in Asahi Shimbun--NEW YORK DRUNK ON IRABU'S FIRST VICTORY--was confirmed by the New York Post--BANZAI! Still, nobody expressed Irabu's debut better than his catcher. An hour after the game, Girardi sat at his locker and said, "To come to a new country, to make adjustments to your pitching motion, to communicate without knowing the language, to stay focused in a circus atmosphere...to do all that takes not only tremendous intelligence but also tremendous heart. He's a good...
...years in baseball. In order to win his first World Series, the 56-year-old native New Yorker did something truly extraordinary--he gave the Yankees back their identity. They are no longer George Steinbrenner's team, though he still owns them. They now belong to Pettitte and Joe Girardi and Bernie Williams, the way the Yankees once belonged to Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantle. Actually, Steinbrenner no longer has to move Yankee Stadium. Torre and his team have already done...