If Joe Girardi is anything, he is boringly efficient. While he might not inspire many players, he will, more often than not, deliver what they want the most out of a manager: a person who puts them in position to succeed.
On Valentine’s Day, Girardi will step to the mic to offer his State of the Yankees address for the 10th time. Generally, it's a 30-minute exercise during which he says little and giggles at his own wisecracks. In the end, his main goal will be fully intact: to provide nothing of real interest.
To borrow one of his pet phrases, “in a sense,” Girardi is undefeated, a perfect 9-0, in his State of the Yankees addresses.