Joe Girardi and Dave Eiland need to go

[Gom]

So' date=' Girardi lets Gardner hit vs KRod with Damon on the bench. Then, he pinch hits for our second best OPS+ hitter on the team with Damon 2 batters later? What the f***? It worked out due to the drop, but that is a ridiculous decision.[/quote']

 

That was actually the right move. Gardner has shown an ability to hit closers [see Papelbon], but more so was Swisher's numbers against K-Rod, which are outright putrid.

 

Swisher is 1 for 11 against Krod with 2 walks and seven strikeouts.

 

I'd have taken my chances with Gardner, figuring he had as good a shot as getting on as Swisher at least, and then having two opportunities to send him with Jeter and Damon.

 

Of course, this goes over your head.

[jacksonianmarch]

You are retarded. Seriously, retarded. Swish has had no success against KRod, but we're talking about 11 at bats. That is such a small sample size that you cannot even really use it. It was a 1 run game. Swisher has the capability of hitting the ball out of the bandbox, which would have tied the game up. Pinch hitting for him wasnt the right move. Pinch hitting for Gardner would have been. And saying he has success against closers is just absolutely hilarious. He's had one big hit, actually, one big 17 bounce dribbler that got by the immense range of Julio Lugo. You continue to spout lunacy, as per usual.

[yankees228]

lol @ this thread two years after the "fire Torre" posts

 

Bingo. I wasn't Torre's biggest supporter ever, but people were starting threads here saying he needed to go. He made some curious decisions, usually involving the bullpen, but his team ALWAYS won. That has to count for something...

[yankees228]

That was actually the right move. Gardner has shown an ability to hit closers [see Papelbon], but more so was Swisher's numbers against K-Rod, which are outright putrid.

 

Swisher is 1 for 11 against Krod with 2 walks and seven strikeouts.

 

I'd have taken my chances with Gardner, figuring he had as good a shot as getting on as Swisher at least, and then having two opportunities to send him with Jeter and Damon.

 

Of course, this goes over your head.

 

You're actually saying that Gardner has shown the ability to hit closers, because he hit a slow dribbler in the perfect spot last year? Common Gom, you make a point like that and then you actually insult Jackson for not seeing these things? I don't even think an explanation is necessary as to why his hit against Papelbon is absolutely irrelevant.

 

As for his numbers against K-Rod, that is too small a sample size to use it as the deciding factor. What do you think is more important, his eleven ABs against K-Rod or his full season numbers? I'm thinking his full season numbers are a little bit more relevant.

 

Swisher's OBP is .391 this year.

Gardner's OBP is .350 this year.

Does Brett Gardner really have just as good a chance as Nick Swisher does to get on base?

 

EDIT: Gom, I really hope you just made that post because you feel the need to disagree with everything Jackson says, and not because you actually believe it.

[a700hitter]

Taking two of three from the Mets has probably given Girardi some breathing room. That makes me happy. If the mets had swept the Yanks, he'd probably have been fired on Monday after dropping 6 in a row to the Sox and the Mets. I want Girardi in that Yankee dugout.