Did anyone see him in the dugout pumping up A-Rod before his AB?
What a manager.
Did anyone see him in the dugout pumping up A-Rod before his AB?
What a manager.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
And A-Rod comes through with the encouragement.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
Another performance thread? What's next? The 2009 batboy performance thread?
Now all we need is for Girardi to start getting ejected in the first inning. Our offense would put up ridiculous numbers.
Pena for Manager!
If Girardi hadn't been kicked out, the Yankees would've scored -2 runs that inning and trailed by three.
I hate walks.
I actually thought they should've picked Pena at the time but that was just me.
Count me in for Tony Pena as Yankee manager.
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Alright, in all seriousness: What has Tony Pena ever done to suggest he'd be competent as a major league manager?
He had a .410 winning percentage and hasn't even sniffed another job since being fired in 2005.
But yeah, he's sure to be great for us!
I hate walks.
With a bit more insurance I hope he doesn't take Joba out for a pinch hitter.
And Joba's on deck so... I like Pena.
Good things happen when Girardi is gone and Pena is in.
Girardi would have PH for Joba with Ransom.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
Good move faking the PH to keep the Braves from pitching around Cervelli.
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The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
Tony Tony Tony!!!
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May Pena be in charge of the next Yankee dynasty! Got a good feeling about this.
Pena left Coke in to face a righty. Is that allowed?
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
I didn't think so. He just... let them play?
No thanks on Tony - the guy couldn't take KC. I guess with Yankee fans, it's any port in a storm.
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The Royals finished over .500 in 2003 for the first time since '94 in his first year..haven't finished above .500 since.
Yea, really bad.
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A little change is always refreshing but I agree. In all seriousness, I think Tony is perfect in his current capacity.
Didn't they have their only winning record in a couple decades with Pena? Those teams weren't good. This team is a winner.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
It was 2003 and his second year. Then they were 58-104 the next year.
I hate walks.
His first full year, he was 49-77 in 2002. Not that I really give a hoot, as I was just trying to point out to RB that he didn't have much to work with.
This thread is all in jest anyways, for now.
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Uh, does anyone doubt the manager who was thrown out is still calling the shots from the clubhouse?
Come on. That never happens.
I'm sorry, Pena gets all the credit. Girardi, watch and learn.
I wasn't referring to his first year - I don't remember the details, but I believe his relationship with the Royals ended quite badly.
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Royals' loss is the Yankees' gain.
Girardi's relationship with Florida didn't end so well either last time I checked.
Go Pena!
Is that the defense you want to use considering Girardi's departure from Florida?
In all seriousness, I'm convinced almost any experienced manager would be a better fit than Girardi. Naturally I'm going to boost up the guy next in line. Tony Pena has a lot more seasoning as a manager in the ML and in the Dominican league.
Maybe the managing thing will work out for Girardi somewhere else. 1.5 years into his Yankee tenure - he looks completely over his head.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
They think he'll be great because he's not Joe Girardi - the same way they thought Girardi would be great because he wasn't Joe Torre. I happen to like Pena, but to think that this team stinks because of Girardi is ridiculous. I have been disappointed in Joe G's management of the team, but the pattern of listless offense; poor fielding (except for that 18 game errorless streak), and underwhelming pitching performances, goes back to the last two or three years of Torre's tenure. It's really been a pattern for the last five years - and it's unconscienable. I, unlike a lot of Yankee fans, understand that the team may not win The World Series every year (even though I want them to win every game no less every World Series), but I cannot understand a team that doesn't (or doesn't look like it) compete - and that is just how this teams looks for long stretches at a time every season now.
Didn't Pena have a blow up in KC? I mean - it was serious. I'd have to look it up because I don't remember it at all.....In any case, I can't tell if most of these comments are sarcastic or not. If they aren't, and they're serious, well......I completely disagree. Good point about Joe, though.......
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Team looks very aggressive with Pena in charge. Liking what I see.
I hope we start seeing a Tony Pena show every Sunday.
Maybe Girardi pulls an Earl Weaver and lets him run the show until he loses one.
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Poor Tony P doesn't get to do the post game press conference
I loved seeing him yell at A-Rod as he went to bat in the 6th, that was awesome.
Javy Vazquez's 2010 non-Cy Young season: 4-10, 7.15 ERA, 140 Ks, 170 IP.
Wow.
So following some of the logic in this thread:
1) The Yankees were emotionally discharged for the first few innings.
2) Girardi got ejected.
3) Emotions were uplifted as a result! Not by the manager going and showing some fire and getting tossed. Not by Garnder's teammates getting pissed for the bad call. But because Pena "looked like he belonged" in the dugout and made it "looser."
Recommendation = Fire Girardi and replace him with Pena.
I get that people are frustrated with Girardi. I am too. But is this not stretching a bit to far to try to attach biased causation to the mini-offensive outburst?
And Coke came a couple feet from giving up a game tying home run to a lefty. If the ball travels a few more feet, and Pena leaves Coke in to face the righty, is he still a genius? Guys - he's the bench coach caddying for the manager for a few innings. Joe was still calling the shots, don't you think?
Speaking for myself, saying he belonged was a comment on him as a manager, not for the results of the game. It was also the anti-Girardi effect! Probably could have been anyone tonight and looked better than Girardi.
Of course it is. But sometimes it just seems right. Sometimes you just know right away whether someone is a "fit" or not. Pena seems to fit.
In all seriousness, the fact that you honestly believe that makes it very difficult to take anything that you say seriously.
I hate walks.
And this can all be summed up after 5 innings. Great. The overreaction on this board is laughable at times. What if the yanks lost tonight? Would he then be the automatic fit to take the yanks to the promised land?
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Exactly. People are losing their minds.
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One thing that was different in Girardi being tossed is that this wasn't one of those manufactured outbursts to stir things up. It was a legitimate very bad call. So the players and Girardi should have been together on getting fired up after that. Now, if they go right back to sleep tomorrow, then Girardi has a steep climb ahead of him in getting this team to play.
I'm not saying this because I think it's a quantifiable fact observed and proven over time. It's just an immediate gut feeling. Of course it's biased. Of course it's a tiny sample size. Of course it's just as likely it felt good to watch it because they did well. It's not science. It's just what it felt to me as I watched.
In other words, lighten up Francis.
Of course he would. If they lost it would've been Girardi's fault. Didn't you see that the players all rejoiced that he was gone? Didn't you notice that Pena looked more like a leader* in those few innings in the dugout? The players responded to him so positively before he even did anything and that's why Cervelli homered? I mean, come on. They didn't score a single run while Girardi was in the dugout. They obviously hate him.
( * - something someone actually said in a non-joking way in another thread)
I hate walks.
I think A-Rod's 2 RBI, line drive single had more to do with the victory than Girardi being tossed or Pena managing. As much as we all hate to admit it, "as goes A-Rod, so go the Yankees" (or something like that).
In defense of Pena, the rumor was that there was a pretty scandalous personal issue that came up and he left the Royals to avoid some major embarrassment.
Win one for The Boss.
Where's that thing.... there it is.
The coming of The Carpenter.
“I love to hit. I want to hit .300, .400, .500. I just love to hit.”
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