I get the feeling they were rooting for the Yankees to lose Game Seven of the ALCS. Steinbrenner actually says that Girardi would have been fired (he was fired, for all intents and purposes) if the Yankees had won the World Series. I find this completely impossible to believe. Firing a manager while he still has ticker tape in his hair?:
“ 'You’ve got to consider the fact that you’ve got a young team, and that maybe a different type of leadership perhaps is needed for a younger team than it is for a veteran team,' Steinbrenner said. 'I think if you ask Cash, it’s important for the next manager to have an understanding of analytics because it’s such a big part of the game. If they don’t, at least a willingness to learn, right? We all need to learn, we all should learn. I think that’s going to be part of it, too. Everybody’s going to have their pros and cons. Nobody is going to have all positives. It’s just going to be a long process sifting through all the intel that he’s getting in these interviews and make the best decision we can.' ”
1. Girardi's 10-year record was 910-710.
2. Girardi just managed the AL Rookie of the Year. So whatever inability Girardi had communicating with young players, let's hope the next manager is similarly unable to communicate with young players.
3. It's just flat-out deplorable to see so many vultures picking at Girardi's skeleton.
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