NEW YORK (CBSMiami/AP) — The newest member of the MLB Network studio team has a wealth of baseball knowledge to share.
Joe Girardi has an idea what Aaron Boone will face when the Yankees and the rookie manager open their spring training schedule on Feb. 23.
Girardi was a first-time manager with the Florida Marlins in 2006, leaving after a single season, a 78-84 record and repeated disagreements with owner Jeffrey Loria and the front office.
For a big league manager, the job is more than dugout decisions.
“We had some things happen with the Marlins that I was not prepared for, and it was like a crash course in handling things that you don’t expect to have to handle,” Girardi said Wednesday when he started work for the MLB Network.