Raissman: Joe Girardi struggles with media management

Another scribe asked if that meant Hughes would make his next start. Girardi answered by saying, “I just said” Hughes was in the rotation. The same scribe then said, “That’s not what I asked you, I asked if he’s going to make his next start.”

Girardi repeated his “internal discussions line” and said: “That’s just the way it is….I don’t mean to get irritated, but I’ve been asked the same question five times.”

The scribe again asked if Hughes was going to make his next start. Getting an earful of the same inquiry ignited Girardi’s Wigometer. “I just got done telling you he’s in the rotation,” Girardi said. “Am I supposed to now tell you when I’m going to hit and run?”

The reporter said he wasn’t “asking that” and - again - wanted to know if Hughes was going to make his next start. At that point a Yankees PR executive scolded the reporter and cut the session off, prompting the scribe - in full lecture mode - to remind the suit it wasn’t his job to tell him how to “ask my questions.”

“The ending (of Girardi’s interview) may have seemed somewhat comical, but the whole session was tense,” one participant said.

This sounds like a job for Super-Zillo!...Media Relations director with penetra-vision which allows him to see through thick-headed lead!