WHY I'M NO FAN OF A LACKADAISICAL GIRARDI

When this game started, the Yankees were treating it like a game, but not a big game. The Yankees quickly took a big lead, going 7-0 and Michael Kay said it best; Joe Girardi was being all cute with his pitching never thinking he'd be in a 7-7 situation...I'm paraphrasing. Kay's right.

Joe brought in pitchers like he was changing wet socks... constantly, but all the while, treating it not like a must win, but instead, a bridge game to get to Friday...warm everyone up and get through the game. It seemed very lazy to me, it seemed like he was going through the motions.

I sit here now, watching a game in extra innings in Tampa, in our last game of the season with our last pitcher...Scott Proctor and while the Yankees can lose this game, I don't like to lose ever, no one does, not even the Yankees. The Yankees didn't get into this spot though, Girardi did and when you're stuck with 1 pitcher in an extra inning game, you didn't think like a manager, you thought like an amateur.Suddenly this game that was light, laid back and carelessly fun has become a tense game that the Yankees must win. Well, it's alittle late for that I think. If it was a must win, Joe may have taken a smarter approach with his revolving door of pitchers. Do you notice the tension is much different in the 10th inning?

Suddenly, Joe Girardi's back's against the wall and while the Yankees are going to the playoffs, bringing in 11 pitchers in a single game for the sake of pitching them may be one of the most idiotic managerial decisions I've ever witnessed, because if we lose this game tonight, it's not a big deal in the record books, we still go to the playoffs, but it's a big deal to any players mentality. No one wants to leave on a low note and this loss in my opinion is not a Yankee loss, it's a Girardi loss. Hey, just an observation though, what the hell do I know.

Let's hope Joe thinks more clearly on Friday.

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