As a player, its youre job to play when called upon. As a coach, I believe its your job to teach and to make suggestions. But now you have to sort through all those suggestions. Its different.
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As a catcher, I believe you manage every day you go on the field. You are an extension of the manager when you're out there. ... In a lot of instances I felt like Torre let me manage the game. He asked me questions, and I was allowed to speak up any time. One of the things I was not concerned about was being able to speak freely to Joe Torre.Joe Girardi
Since high school I've wanted to do this. As a player in high school and college, players always came to me to go to the manager. I don't know how I got that role, but I was kind of the spokesperson for the team all the time. I enjoyed it. I enjoy the competition, and I love studying the game. I think that's why I was born to manage.
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I don't see any loss as respectable. We had our chances to win and we didn't get it done.
Joe Girardi
He's another guy that as an organization we love. We believe he's going to help us and he needs innings, too, to iron out little mechanical things.
Joe Girardi
It's fun to watch guys have progress. There's nothing better.
Joe Girardi
Those positions are wide open. We have a veteran in Reese and two young kids. To me, this camp is great because guys will have to push themselves.
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