I wish this were a typo.   I wish this surprised me.  But it doesn’t.  Clueless Joe Girardi has done it again.

He watches his pitcher throw a gem, and then, as usual, he benches him in the middle of it.     After checking the stats, I see that NO OTHER MANAGER in MLB this season has benched a pitcher in the middle of a two-hitter.

Only in an upside-world would a manager bench a player in the middle of pitching a gem

Only that over-thinking, unintelligent oaf Joe Girardi would do something so infuriating.

This dolt of a manager goes by the “book,” and he doesn’t watch watch is going on.   Either that, or he bet on the Rangers today.

Big league pitchers LOVE being benched in the middle of a game.    Not.  I’m sure Pineda loves his manager right now and Continue reading →

That human piece of garbage Joe Girardi is the only man on the face of the earth who believes that Kirby Yates (Who!!!???) is a better pitcher than Aroldis Chapman.

As soon as the umpires suspended the game Monday night, every Yankee fan knew the outcome.

We didn’t just know that we’d lose; we actually knew how…

Joe Girardi would bench Aroldis Chapman and bring in some ham-and-egger pitcher to blow the save, blow the lead, and blow the game.  It was inevitable.

The Girardi defenders will say that Chapman couldn’t pitch after a three-hour delay because his arm was stiff.  That’s hogwash, and it’s just an excuse for Girardi’s overmanaging.   I’d rather see Chapman pitch with a stiff arm than watch Kirby Yates bean two guys in Continue reading →