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Palm Beach Post: Girardi rips into team for blunders

“That’s embarrassing,’’ said the Marlins manager after a sloppy 9-8 loss to the Reds on Wednesday. “We can’t keep making mistakes. Seventeen days in, we can’t keep making the same mistakes. They’ve worked their butts off and you can’t throw it away because you want to try and do too much.’‘
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“This was our first chance that we had to win a series and we should have won the series,’’ Girardi said. “And the way you make the playoffs is by winning series. You don’t give series away.’‘

Girardi, who closed the clubhouse for a meeting after the game, would not single out any players.

That’s pretty mild as team-ripping goes. Maybe a 0.5 on the Larry Bowa/Billy Martin/INSERT NAME HERE scale.

NTNgod Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:04 AM | 13 comment(s) Login to Bookmark
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1. cardsfanboy

Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:23 AM (#1976136)

when your team is as pitiful as the Marlins you can't make mistakes, mental or physical. But he can't be serious about the playoff comment.

2. J. Michael Neal Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:33 AM (#1976159)

Joe, you do realize that you were the one that took a job with an organization that was cutting payroll to the bone, and that you'd get stuck with players that should still be in the minors, right? It's not a surprise that minor leaguers play like minor leaguers.

3. Best Regards, Larry M. Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:40 AM (#1976170)

But he can't be serious about the playoff comment.

I bet he is. He wants these kids to have a mentality that no matter what the expectations are, they can win. So they'll play hard all the time.

It's more likely to backfire and make them think that because they tried and failed, they should never try.

4. Social media assassin (Templeusox) Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:43 AM (#1976173)

Is Hanley a True Marlin yet?

5. NTNgod Posted: April 20, 2006 at 05:45 AM (#1976177)

Is Hanley a True Marlin yet?

You become a True Marlin by getting traded away because you make too much, so no...

6. RichRifkin Posted: April 20, 2006 at 06:17 AM (#1976213)

I must concede, I thought in March that the Marlins were on their way to a 100-110 loss season. But having seen them play a couple of times and followed their box scores, this ballclub is not all that bad. Barring a bunch of injuries, they could win 70-80 games (as opposed to 50-60). Today's loss was really exceptional. But even good, veteran teams now and then suffer a horrible loss like the Fish had today.

7. MM1f Posted: April 20, 2006 at 06:28 AM (#1976218)

"It's more likely to backfire and make them think that because they tried and failed, they should never try."

Are you being serious?

8. if nature called, ladodger34 would listen Posted: April 20, 2006 at 06:39 AM (#1976233)

It's more likely to backfire and make them think that because they tried and failed, they should never try.

When I was a kid, my mom was super obsessive about cleaning type of chores. If it wasn't perfect and up to her standards (which never seemed to stay the same), I get in trouble. If I didn't do the chores, I'd get in trouble. I figured if I was going to get in trouble either way, I'd save myself the trouble of working and not do the chores.

I'm still not sure how this theory relates to a baseball team, though. Guys try hard and fail all the time. It's part of the nature of the game.

9. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Griffin (Vlad) Posted: April 20, 2006 at 07:00 AM (#1976245)

Once, just once, I'd like to see an article about the Fish where the headline doesn't have Girardi acting like a jerk. "Girardi: Hugs and Puppies All Around", something like that.

10. schuey Posted: April 20, 2006 at 07:07 AM (#1976253)

Girardi's outbusts are designed to keep him in Steinbrenner's eye to become Yankee manager when Torre's era ends. But there is stiff competition with Piniella, Mazzilli, Bowa, Mattingly and a cast of thousands available.

11. Pops Freshenmeyer Posted: April 20, 2006 at 07:28 AM (#1976271)

Palm Beach Post: Girardi rips into team for lack of talent

12. Curse of the Andino Posted: April 20, 2006 at 10:42 PM (#1977710)

But there is stiff competition with Piniella, Mazzilli, Bowa, Mattingly and a cast of thousands available.

Please, George, give Mazilli another chance!

He's earned it.

13. Teheran's Uranium Enriched Missiles Posted: April 20, 2006 at 10:55 PM (#1977726)

I like the Marlins, and really, this team doesnt lack for talent.
if they remove stiffs like herges and borowski from the pen, they might even be decent!

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