Joe Girardi quotes:
2009 after Yankees benefit from Phil Cuzzi brain fart vs. Joe Mauer and the Twins: "If you were to start to Instant Replay all these plays, I think it would break the rhythm of the game." (thanks 1500ESPN's Phil Mackey via Twitter)
2012 after being ejected by Jeff Nelson who missed a call at 2B: “[I]n this day and age when we have instant replay available to us, it’s got to change. These guys are under tremendous amounts of pressure. It’s a tough call for [Nelson] because the tag was underneath and it’s hard for him to see. And it takes more time to argue and get upset than you get the call right.” Later he would add, “I’ve been thrown out of games enough to know it would be quicker to get the call right or wrong or right on replay than for me to go out there and argue. And they talk about the flow of the game… It takes 30 seconds.” (from SI.com)
Hmmmm... I wonder why Girardi feels differently today than he did three years ago. Probably just older and wiser, right? Can't imagine what else it could be.
