After a Decade, Joe Girardi Is Out as Manager of the Yankees
- 7 years ago
After a Decade, Joe Girardi Is Out as Manager of the Yankees
Girardi, who is 53, announced his departure in an emailed statement on Thursday morning, saying
that he was disclosing with “a heavy heart” that “the Yankees have decided not to bring me back.” The statement went on to thank people including his coaches, the team’s ownership and General Manager Brian Cashman, and concluded with Girardi saying that the excitement of the 2017 postseason, in which the Yankees fell just short of the World Series, would “remain in my heart forever.”
In a separate statement issued by the Yankees, Cashman said
that he wanted to thank Girardi “for his 10 years of hard work and service” and cited the intense effort he put into every game that he had managed.
Girardi’s unyielding manner — be it his rigorous preparation or his sometimes-contentious back and forth with the news media — was reflected in
that run, in which the Yankees twice rallied from two-games-to-none deficits in postseason series only to ultimately fall short.
It was Cashman who hired Girardi to replace Joe Torre as manager,
and it was Cashman, according to a person in baseball with knowledge of the situation, who decided to replace Girardi.
Girardi, who was chosen over Don Mattingly to replace Torre, as manager, had a rocky first season in 2008,
when the Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since the strike-aborted season of 1994.
Girardi, who made a rare admission the next day — “I screwed up,” he said repeatedly at a news conference
— was afforded a reprieve when the Yankees rallied to win the next three games to advance to the A. L.C.
Girardi, who is 53, announced his departure in an emailed statement on Thursday morning, saying
that he was disclosing with “a heavy heart” that “the Yankees have decided not to bring me back.” The statement went on to thank people including his coaches, the team’s ownership and General Manager Brian Cashman, and concluded with Girardi saying that the excitement of the 2017 postseason, in which the Yankees fell just short of the World Series, would “remain in my heart forever.”
In a separate statement issued by the Yankees, Cashman said
that he wanted to thank Girardi “for his 10 years of hard work and service” and cited the intense effort he put into every game that he had managed.
Girardi’s unyielding manner — be it his rigorous preparation or his sometimes-contentious back and forth with the news media — was reflected in
that run, in which the Yankees twice rallied from two-games-to-none deficits in postseason series only to ultimately fall short.
It was Cashman who hired Girardi to replace Joe Torre as manager,
and it was Cashman, according to a person in baseball with knowledge of the situation, who decided to replace Girardi.
Girardi, who was chosen over Don Mattingly to replace Torre, as manager, had a rocky first season in 2008,
when the Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since the strike-aborted season of 1994.
Girardi, who made a rare admission the next day — “I screwed up,” he said repeatedly at a news conference
— was afforded a reprieve when the Yankees rallied to win the next three games to advance to the A. L.C.