The 53-year-old Girardi announced his departure in an emailed statement on Thursday, saying, “With a heavy heart, I come to you because the Yankees have decided not to bring me back.”After a decade in the job that included a championship season in 2009, Joe Girardi is out as manager of the New York Yankees. Girardi, who was chosen over Don Mattingly to replace Joe Torre as manager, had a rocky first season in 2008, when the Yankees missed the playoffs for the first time since the strike-aborted season of 1994. “Was any of what was going on the fault of Joe Girardi? Was Joe Girardi the fact we hadn’t made the playoffs in two to three years? He is no longer the Yankees’ manager.

Source: thestar October 26, 2017 15:33 UTC