From Bryan Hoch:
"Hank's watched us all year long, and he's not happy," Girardi said. "And I don't blame him. I'm not happy. Mr. [Brian] Cashman's not happy, nobody's happy, and our players aren't happy. I don't blame him."
"Hank expects to win today and every day, and I know -- I've been in the office. He has a passion for winning, just like his father and his brother and sister and mother and everyone involved. Hank expects us to win this year and every day."
"If you're a Yankee and you're part of the Yankee family and play for the Steinbrenners, you know their expectations," Girardi said. "It's the same expectations of the whole organization, and it starts at the top with them. You know that when you get here."
"He's the owner, and he wants us to win," Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter said. "His dad did the same thing. He wants to win. That's the bottom line, and you should want to win. I think if he were silent, that's when you start to worry."
"People here are working hard and people here care about results," Jeter said. "We've just hit a rough stretch, that's the bottom line. If we play good for two weeks, then everyone says how great we are. It seems like we have the same conversation at some point every season."
"We haven't done anything yet," Yankees outfielder Bobby Abreu said. "We haven't been on base and we haven't produced like a team. That's our only problem right now. Our pitchers are doing such a good job. [Chien-Ming] Wang did an outstanding job last night, and our relievers did a good job. We have to score some runs -- I think that's the only problem we have right now."
Nobody should be surprised by anything Hank said today, well maybe the "with force" comment and all the talk about next year, but nobody should be surprised by his frustrations with the team's slow start. I'm sure everyone in that clubhouse shares the same feelings, and if they don't, then they don't belong here.
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