Gonzalez replaces Girardi as Marlins manager
By STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer
October 3, 2006

"The Marlins were widely projected to lose more than 100 games, but
instead they rallied from an 11-31 start and trailed in the NL wild-card
race by only two games on Sept. 12 before fading.

"The Marlins became the first team to climb above .500 from 20 games
under. They also became the first team to have four rookie pitchers win 10
games, and they set a record for most home runs by rookies with 112.

"People thought we were going to lose more games than any team in
baseball, and we didn't," Girardi said. "And that's because of the
players."

"As a player, Girardi was a member of three World Series championship
teams with the New York Yankees. He spent seven seasons with the Cubs and
also played for the Colorado Rockies and St. Louis Cardinals before
retiring as a player in 2003."

As a player Girardi was always a guy you wanted on your team, and I think
he'd be the ideal guy to bring along young Astros players and rebuild the
pitching staff next year.

Sounds like he might go to Chicago, but he's a winner & I'm guessing he'd
prefer to go to a team that'll spend the money to get the players to win.
He'll be a great manager wherever he goes - why not Houston?

Assuming they fire Garner.


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Come on!
I might not agree with all of the decisions that Garner makes but I
don't see the Astros letting him go. He is the only Astros manager to
ever take them to the World Series and that was just a season ago. What
short memories we have!


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Girardi and Drayton would get along GREAT!

*insert sarcasm smiley here*


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Bstros wrote:



I think Garner's a fine manager for a mature team, but Roger needs to
retire and I think they need to let Pettite go and begin rebuilding
this team starting now. Bagwell's never coming back, and Biggio's
fielding errors have been costly; Biggio's back next year to pass 3000
hits and be a future hall-of-famer, but after that he's a great pinch
hitter, not an everyday player.

The Astros need Girardi, he can get us a catcher who can hit and teach
that catcher a lot; he can build our bullpen, possibly trading Lidge
for a couple of young prospects and cash; and he can take a bunch of
young players and win with them. That's what we'll need next year...

Or we'll be losers again. Girardi's a winner. Garner's a winner with
a different kind of team, a mature team with few weaknesses. But I
think the Astros need to rebuild and win while rebuilding, and Girardi
can manage that kind of team. He proved that in Florida this year.

I've seen Girardi make teams like the Rockies and Yankees better teams
just because he was on the roster as a player, and I think he'd become
a great manager in Houston for the next 20 years if the owner just
stays out of his way and lets him manage the team.

And if the owner doesn't want a winner he can explain to the fans why
he made that choice, and why they should pay good money to watch a
mediocre team.


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Ausmus will be the manager of the Astros before Joe.


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Bstros Wrote:
Awesome Ausmus selection as manager.


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Sign Brad up today. He can be bench coach next year and then we can go
from there.


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Just as long as they don't make him the hitting coach.

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inspectorjj <inspectorjj.2f4xad@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au> said:

Girardi knows baseball in a way Ausmus won't for another quarter-century,
and Girardi handles the youngsters expertly. He can build up the Astros
into a truly fine team.

If you want tired old Astros teams Garner's just fine, even excellent.

If you want a winner in Houston hire Girardi and just get out of his way.
Just my opinion as a longtime Astros fan.


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Lee Harrison Wrote:

Yes, because we know that Garner has not taken the Astros anywhere.

Of the time Garner has been with the Astros do you know his record?
Yes, I do second guess some moves made by Garner but bottom line is the
winning percentage better than the losing?


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