On his way home from managing the Yankees to their 27th championship last night Joe Girardi reportedly "stopped to help a woman who had lost control of her car on the Cross County Parkway and crashed into a wall."
According to Hoa Nguyen of the New York Journal News, the crash happened at 2:25 a.m. and 27-year-old Marie Henry was "stunned by the accident, but otherwise uninjured."
As for Girardi, he "had passed through a driving while intoxicated checkpoint" that was being run by "a self-described huge Yankees fan" police officer who "congratulated him on his first win as a manager and waved him through."
Nguyen adds that Andy Pettitte "also passed through earlier" and Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano explained that they "came through with a smile." All of which is perhaps much ado about nothing, but it's at least worth noting that Girardi and Pettitte were making their way home from a Yankees clubhouse that was just shown on national television drenched in champagne.
After flagging down police offers Girardi reportedly told them that he "had to get going" and "ran across traffic again to reach his car." As county Sgt. Thomas McGurn put it: "He could have gotten killed. Traffic goes by at 80 miles per hour." Quite a night, huh?
One of the more pleasant byproducts of the Borg Series victory was drifting off to sleep this morning in the throes of a reverie about Jeffrey Loria and David Samson gagging down the spectacle of Girardi standing amid the baseball brass with that big ugly trophy in his arms. No one realistically wants the Marlins to spend Borg money on their payroll, nor does any sane person expect them to. We do, however, wish someone else would buy this franchise and run it like they actually wanted and expected to win. Loria's inability to deal with Girardi and his petulant little decision to dump him after he got far more out of that discount lineup that could be humanly expected was a case in point. Way to go, JG. And thanks for that thankless year you spent cutting your teeth down here. That endangered species, the Marlins fan, really did appreciate you.
Joe Girardi deserves all the praises of baseball fans everywhere. He did a masterful job of mixing his pitchers just in the right situation and a solid threeman rotation.
I have been a Yankees fan all my life from a little boy on the farm in North Carolina. My Father before me was a Yankees fan. That said, I have seen alot of Yankees baseball in the lase sixty years, alon with alot of great players. This group of Yankees stands at or near the top of alltime Bronx Bombers.
Go Yanks, from Ken Perry
Girardi did no big thing-with that lineup, I could have managed them to a title.
How many more dollars will the Yankees spend while their poorer fans can't afford tickets to their games? Baseball needs a salary cap-level the playing field.
And Texeira says God pointed him to the Yankees???? The money pointed him there...not God.
Where is my man "daddy" Where are ya?
God Love the Yankees! What a spectacle huh? All them great players gathered in the infield, sharing their joy and love through hugs and kisses!
Wouldn't it be great if the Yanks could win every year? I know, I know...they've got 27 banners, I'd like to see 50 or so...
Money is God to many people, maybe that was his slant?
I AM A YANKEE FAN AND I WAS HOPING FOR A GAME 6 VICTORY, BUT I THINK ALOT OF CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PEDRO. HE PITCHED A GOOD
GAME -- ONLY 4 HITS. MAYBE THE YANKEES COULD PICK HIM UP NEXT YEAR AS A 4TH STARTER.
Aaron "Red Sox Shill" Gleeman comes up with this innuendo filled blather about Girardi and Pettite after they win the World Series.What a complete phony.
yeah, but how do you explain the poor sap that God told to go play for the San Diego Padres?
I'm happy that the owners of the team I have rooted for for sixty decades aren't afraid to spend the money they earn from ticket sales, TV, etc. to give the fans that spend that money a winning team. Isn't that better than a team like Cleveland, for example, that dumps its best players so it can keep costs low while raisning ticket prices and padding the owner's pockets?
MLB already "levels the playing field". If it weren't for the Profit Sharing program, several teams wouldn't even be able to field 9 players. The only people complaining about the money the Yankees spend are fans whose teams don't win. I didn't hear all of you complaining last year when the Yanks didn't make the playoffs.
The Yankees paid out $76 million in one year? That's more than 14 teams paid in total team salary in 2009. It's not the Yankees fault if the other teams don't know how to use it right.
"Revenue sharing makes some franchises significant payers and others recipients. For example, in 2005, the Yankees reportedly paid out about $76 million. Meanwhile, the Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and Kansas City Royals each received $30 million or more, according to the Wall Street Journal."
Source: http://www.bnet.com/2403-13502_23-210897.html
Let's see, they acquired Burnett, Teixeira and Sabathia last winter and signed them to $421 MILLION in contracts over a combined 20 years..they should have won!!! What other team could afford to do that? It's doubtful that they would've even made the playoffs without those three players?
I guess baseball thinks this is fair to the other 29 teams. No other team can spend so freely.
Dan,
Hey you schmuck quite a few of the big stars on other teams sosters have come from my lowly Padres, at least I can afford to go to a game in a beautiful ballpark and not get raped on concessions or the price of a ticket, besides the obvious hurdle of having to sit next to an obnoxious yankee fan. I hope your friking team goes bankrupt!!!!!
Who cares? MLB has long sinced dimmed on the public stage.
The richest win. Steroids. 50 year old stars.
Maybe it should just be the Yankees barnstorming every year so that we could pay homage, kinda like the Globetrotters. Except they were entertaining and fun.
Watch baseball and have a nice nap.
Hey Jammin Jimmy,
No disrespect to the Pads but everytime I hear an athlete say "God sent me their" I wonder why you never hear that from an athlete that plays for a team with a losing record. I am a New York Yankees fan but that comment from Tex is played out and unthought.
Go Yankees from a N. Calif. fan. They played hard and won, so just go with the flow who ever is against this great team. They worked hard and beat the best teams. STOP HATING YOUR TEAM LOST...........
Go Yankees from a N. Calif. fan. They played hard and won, so just go with the flow who ever is against this great team. They worked hard and beat the best teams. STOP HATING YOUR TEAM LOST...........
why don't you and pedro get a room and have a wild time
god is a yankee fan, for real, ask him
Yankees won. Yawn. MLB? Yawn. You listening Selig?
Please, stop hating. It's understandable if you hate the Yankees, but there's no way you can say that Girardi didn't make any good decisions with the lineup. And if you are a Yankees fan, can't you just be happy that we won without complaining about some mistakes that Girardi made?
Yankees fans get over yourselves you never would have won if not for the huge spending. My 7 year old daughter can manage that team, c'mon now, lets be real hear. The crap i am hearing all year from the yanks fans is laughable, YOU WOULD NOT BE HERE IF NOT FOR YOUR $421 MILLION SPENDING SPREE. Maybe some yankees fans will come out of the ether and realize this. F@#K YOU YANKEES.
FU -kevin...I bet you'd sell your daughter would go to the highest bidder.
I agree with angst24 when he or she mentioned that I could have managed the Yankees to their title. When someone can spend over $200 million in salary they better win the title. The way the salary cap works now anyone who can afford to pay the fine each year can spend whatever it wants. Major League baseball needs to do just what football does and say you can't spend over this amount for salaries each year. If you go over someone has to go. Let's make it fair for all the teams in the league. Teams like the Florida Marlins whose salaries aren't over $100 million can not compete with the teams who have nothing but money. Let us do something soon.
Seriously, what is this article about: Girardi helping a crash victim or Yankees driving under influence... why can't the writer decide and pick one to go with?
I hope you let your daughter read your comment and maybe she could
manage your mouth better then you can. Yanks spend a lot of money
but they give a lot back to the league and there are a lot of owners who could afford better teams but dont care about their fans
only their profits. Get a life Kevin.
I like how all the nay-sayers, haters, sore-losers, and idiots come on here "BLAH BLAH CAPS LOCK KEY YANKEES WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT MASSIVE SPENDING BLAH BLAH I AM A HATER" as If, it would be impossible to win otherwise, because only other teams can find legit talent, right? Is that what you think? lol If it eases your pain when you cry at anight saying "Damn yankees *sniff*" then just lie to yourself, they used a lot of money and steroids to win all 27 titles, had nothing to do with talent. Right? that's what you want to believe. Just don't come on the internet and spew your psychotic jealous belief system.
Who's your daddy b*tch? Get on your knees and lick my 27 trophies.
There is the Coast Guard, then there's the Marines.
There is your local state fair, then there is Disneyland.
There is Harry's Hamburger Haven, then there is Trader Vic.
There is the Bush League, then there's the New York Yankees.
In America there is a place for everyone.
Let's see if I get this right. The Yankees spent 200 million this year and won, But only spent 186 mil. last year and didn't even make the playoffs. Hmmmmm I guess its all in the 14 mill. IDIOTS!! Oh yeah who was in the world series last year? Neither team spent 200 mil and they were there. The Red Sox spend 150 mil. and you don't hear a peep. Why? Beacause it's mostly the Red Sox fans Bashing the Yanks. Grow up and get real. Haters are mad that their own teams don't spend the money on talent but their owners own greed. You have got to spend it to make it.
It's interesting, "I hate the Yankees!" has been such a mantra in my life. However, Derek Jeter has been my favorite ballplayer for over 10 years. I still hate the Evil Empire, but today I respect them so much more. Great Win! Great team!
And to those that think that they could have managed that team to a title, you don't what you're talking about. That team could have easily imploded in the early summer. Girardi did a great job. I'd bet anything that Tito would back me up.
Amen!
Gosh, so many Yankees haters. We have spent oodles of dough over the last ten years, and if history teaches us anything, it's that the only thing a big payroll gives you is a big payroll. There are just too many working parts. We always buy a couple guys here and there in hopes that they will be the x-factor. In reality, it was a perfect storm. Girardi did a good job (don't forget, he caught pettite and was a teammate of these guys previously), a-rod and texeira did their jobs, nick swisher showed up one night in the clutch, and old godzilla (who we've had for a ton of years) came through for us as well. If we didnt win, you peeps would be loving it and rubbing it in our faces that "see yankees, money can't buy you a world series ring". But because we FINALLY won after 10 years, the FIRST thing you haters say is that "you wouldn't have won if you didnt buy talent". what about the luxury tax? what does the small market team do with that money? can't they go out and get some big names? Don't hate us because we attract players based on our history and tradition. the bottom line is players come to us when the money is equal in several places because, well, after all we ARE the New York Yankees. There are no frontrunners in baseball any more. case in point: Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Couple wall street guys manage a low-budget team all the way.
Stop hating and accept it. it's NY's moment in the sunlight, let them bask for now and in february we start a whole new season.
A salary cap has not aided the poorer fans in affording NFL tickets. Just look at the average cost of a ticket for a Patriots game. Yankees bleacher seat tickets are still relatively inexpensive. I have never had a problem getting tickets for one of their games. Forget trying to afford Giants tickets or even getting a ticket unless you are a season ticket holder. The yankees are doing it just right. Let's go get another one in 2010!!!
As a life long, die hard Yankee fan I just can't wait for April 5, opening day, 2010. Yankees at Fenway. I wonder if there will be a ring ceremony?
who gives a shit
wow that one guy said he has been a fan for "60" decades... that is a long time!
Also a die hard Yankee fan,
I am so proud of these guys.
You either love em or you hate em that is the way it has always been.
To A-train: you're thoughts are right on the mark.
to Rblythe, the only game to watch is a Yanks/Sawx game. If you don't root for either, you can't understand.
to opener 2010, I respect the Red Sox too much, they should save that for the Yankees home opener.
>>wow that one guy said he has been a fan for "60" decades... that is a long time!
Oh, that was just Lestat....
Actually, I don't think you could win a World Series, you don't seem to know much about baseball. If you could "buy" a World Series, teams would do it. The Yankees Payroll is Lower this year than last and the $400 is over 10 years. Some Teams get more than that in Revenue Sharing over 10 years. They just choose to profit and not provide thier fans with a good team. The Yankees try to put the best product on the field and yes, they do charge for it. The Phillies tossed Lee and Pedro against the Yanks, not exactly home grown talent. Dodgers pay Manny a ton, The Red Sox won the WS with almost 100% Free Agents, no home talent. That said, I do wish it was like the 1970's when the Yankees big rival was Kansas City. No chance of that again. Caps on Salary are fine, but if teams do not want to spend the money, the Yanks will still win and be insanely profitable. that is all that would change.
Old Gator,I was thinkin the same myself.Loria is such a petty little child,and Sampson,well,misery loves company.
I`m hoping Loria choked on a chicken wing that was being served to him by Sampson.
wow, must be a pretty big deal having the yankees win. im a red sox fan but im not surprised the damn yanks won. they had balance, yeah we beat the living day lights out of em at the start of the season and we looked poised for another world series run, but damn, they sure did get things straight in a hurry. yeah the yanks are rolling in the dough, but the reason why is that they are POPULAR, they have attracted a crowd and its grown and they've profited. its business. same with the sox, got a fan base, built on it and made some profit same as the yanks, i cant stand the yanks, but if you can afford to bring in the good players then more power to ya, yanks got deep pockets, and in sports their isnt nothing wrong with showing it. spend and win, save and loose, or you dont know how to use money and suck. yeah i wish it was the sox instead but cant do anything about that, congrats yanks, lets see what next season brings.
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