Joe Girardi Admits He Made A Mistake By Not Challenging The Call In Game Two Of The ALDS Against Cleveland
Everyone is human and makes mistakes even a manager of a professional team!
Today the manager of the New York Yankees Joe Girardi admitted he was wrong by not challenging the call.
A day after saying he didn't have time to see a replay of the hit batsman that turned Friday's game, New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi took the blame for not challenging the call. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
"I screwed up," Girardi said in a news conference Saturday. "It's hard. It's a hard day for me. But I've got to move forward, and we'll be ready to go tomorrow.""according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
The on-field ruling was that Cleveland Indians outfielder Lonnie Chisenhall was hit by a pitch with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, which loaded the bases, and the next batter, Francisco Lindor, hit a grand slam off Yankees reliever Chad Green to cut the Yankees' lead from five runs to one. The Yankees went on to lose 9-8 in 13 innings. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez caught the pitch that was ruled to have hit Chisenhall, and replay showed the ball hit off the knob of Chisenhall's bat on the 0-2 pitch. It should have been strike three to end the inning. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
"I take responsibility for everything, and I feel horrible about it," Girardi said. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
On Friday, Girardi said his replay personnel did not have enough time to see the correct video replay angle and that he didn't want to ruin Green's rhythm. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
"There was nothing that told us that he was not hit by the pitch," Girardi said after the game. "By the time we got the super slo-mo, we are beyond a minute. It was too late. They tell us we have 30 seconds." "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call
The Yankees trail the Indians 2-0 in the best-of-five series. "according to http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20946979/joe-girardi-new-york-yankees-manager-says-screwed-not-challenging-hbp-call