More Joe Girardi audio
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Here is the rest of the Joe Girardi audio from today. This is mostly baseball-related:
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Bill Chuck, who has a spot on the web at Billy-Ball.com, sent along these lists of Yankees superlatives since the start of the 2000 season.
Games: Derek Jeter 1347, Jorge Posada 1191, Bernie Williams 980
AB: Derek Jeter 5488, Jorge Posada 4043, Bernie Williams 3600
Avg. (min 1000 Plate Appearances): Derek Jeter .315, Robinson Cano .303, Alex Rodriguez .303
Runs: Derek Jeter 981, Jorge Posada 626, Bernie Williams 612
Hits: Derek Jeter 1728, Jorge Posada 1142, Bernie Williams 1038
Doubles: Derek Jeter 289, Jorge Posada 263, Bernie Williams 208
Triples: Derek Jeter 26, Robinson Cano 15, Johnny Damon 12
Homers: Jason Giambi 209, Alex Rodriguez 208, Jorge Posada 186
RBI: Jorge Posada 738, Derek Jeter 661, Alex Rodriguez 616
OBP (min 1000 Plate Appearances): Jason Giambi .404, Alex Rodriguez .401, Jorge Posada .388
SLG.: Alex Rodriguez .573, Jason Giambi .521, Gary Sheffield .515
OPS: Alex Rodriguez .974, Jason Giambi .925, Gary Sheffield .898
Walks: Jorge Posada 659, Jason Giambi 619, Derek Jeter 540
Strikeouts: Jorge Posada 955, Derek Jeter 903, Jason Giambi 706
Stolen bases: Derek Jeter 189, Alfonso Soriano 121, Alex Rodriguez 106
Games played by:
Catcher: Jorge Posada 1191, John Flaherty 134, Jose Molina 129
First base: Jason Giambi 897, Tino Martinez 440, Nick Johnson 248
Second base: Robinson Cano 573, Alfonso Soriano 492, Miguel Cairo 257
Third base: Alex Rodriguez 767, Scott Brosius 255, Robin Ventura 230
SS: Derek Jeter 1347, Alberto Gonzalez 40, Erick Almonte 39
OF : Bernie Williams 980, Hideki Matsui 774, Johnny Damon 433
I’m not sure what any of this means, necessarily. But it’s interesting.
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Sam Borden
I think it means Derek Jeter is pretty terrific. Jorge too.
Barry Lane
The day Jeter hang ‘em up is the day my childhood ends.
I know how badly we missed Po last year, but the rbi thing really did surprise me. don’t know why but it did.
Maybe Jeter isn’t too over rated?? (i never thought he was)
Pete,
I dont know if you are still reading the comments but I had a question – can you give us some thoughts on your initial impression about Girardi speaking with the media in 2009? Do you think he will be better this year based on what you have seen so far? I remember you or someone saying that he was fine in ST and then, his relationship with the media fell apart in NY for a while but I was wondering if he has said anything down there or if you observed anything that made you think Joe hard turned a new leaf… I am really rooting for Girardi and the media to get along and I think it will happen at some point. I just dont like reading nasty remarks in the newspaper about Joe just because the reporter didnt like his post-game interview. He is a solid manager and the media can actually change some peoples minds if they say something long enough so I would hope at some point, they would defend Joe like the media ALWAYS did with Torre even when he didnt deserve it (up until this month of course).
I cant imagine damon starting in center this season ever – Occasionally, his arm appears more like a wet noodle. He did not qualify among center fielders in that new defensive arm metric – ARM but I think they said that if he had qualified, he would have finished dead last in that category and by a decent margin. Every baserunner will be testing his arm every game he plays. i DONT think its a good idea. Frankly, if Melky and Gardner are both absolutely terrible this spring, the yanks will have to shop nady or swisher for a center fielder and offer to pay off some of his contract while taking on all of the CF contract. It is the only way to find a decent replacement and it is obvious from the start that there could easily be a scenario in which neither melky nor gardner perform capable of starting. I am rooting for gardner and i certainly hope one of them works out but the yankees have to be thinking of a plan C that doesn’t involve Damon or a blame D according to Girardi.
MAN CANO HAS A .303 AVG SINCE HE JOINED THE YANKS HE SUCKS SO BAD LET’S TRADE HIM
Posada has been the most underrated Yankee for over a decade now. No one really paid much attention to how good he was at the plate as a hitter and how his game-calling abilities had improved.
Last year, he was almost a ghost. In my opinion, his injury was easily the worst hit that the team took last year, moreso than Chien-Ming Wang’s. The dropoff at the plate from Posada to Molina and I-Rod was astronomical, not to mention the lack of leadership in the clubhouse. Hopefully he’ll be back this year at close to full strength.
Derek Jeter. Over rated – NOT!!!
damn, we oughta bring that bernie williams guy back…
Bernie was pretty good.
tom,
agreed.
Alberto Gonzalez 40, Erick Almonte 39
lol