[gridlock]

...I wonder if a guy like him will end up turning off a lot of their veteran players.

If they don't like it, bench 'em.

I am tired of players who make $10 Million who also need somebody to hold their hand and make sure nothing damages their fragile self-esteem.

Clear out all the head cases, and you solve a lot of problems. Seeing the last of A-Rod is the first step.

[Alberta's Child]

Benching doesn't do any good unless you dump them off the team. This isn't the National Hockey League, where you've got "healthy scratches" every game.

If a player is on the big-league roster then he's taking a roster spot AND taking up "payroll space."

I don't think there are too many A-holes on that team. But I suspect there are more than a couple who might tune out a guy who has all of one year of managing experience and who may have even been a teammate at some point in the past. Girardi's style seems ideal for a young, untested team . . . I don't know how well it'll work with a bunch of veterans.

Girardi would probably be the perfect guy to manage the New York METS.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Seeing the last of A-Rod is the first step.

I predict you will eat those words.