07-23-2010, 10:19 AM
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<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->In case you doubted it, Joe Girardi is more interested in winning another World Series right now than in discussing the soon-to-be-open job with the Cubs.
From the New York Daily News (which broke the Piniella story in the first place):
“I figured this would come up once Lou announced his retirement. I have a responsibility to this club and the guys in that room, and that’s my concern. People can speculate all they want, but that’s my concern right now. I don’t really think much about it.”
And also this:
“I love it here; I’ve loved my time here,” Girardi said. “I put my kids in school here and they’re enrolled to go to school here next fall. There’s going to be talk; I grew up there, I grew up a Cubs fan, I went to Northwestern, I lived in Chicago. But my concern is right now.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I get this weird sense that he is definitely interested in the job, even though I still believe he'd be a fool to walk away from NY.
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It's still the smartest way for him to send the message to the Yankees not to take him for granted.
<!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <!--quotec-->In case you doubted it, Joe Girardi is more interested in winning another World Series right now than in discussing the soon-to-be-open job with the Cubs.
From the New York Daily News (which broke the Piniella story in the first place):
“I figured this would come up once Lou announced his retirement. I have a responsibility to this club and the guys in that room, and that’s my concern. People can speculate all they want, but that’s my concern right now. I don’t really think much about it.”
And also this:
“I love it here; I’ve loved my time here,” Girardi said. “I put my kids in school here and they’re enrolled to go to school here next fall. There’s going to be talk; I grew up there, I grew up a Cubs fan, I went to Northwestern, I lived in Chicago. But my concern is right now.”<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I get this weird sense that he is definitely interested in the job, even though I still believe he'd be a fool to walk away from NY.
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It's still the smartest way for him to send the message to the Yankees not to take him for granted.