Girardi replacement no surprise

New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says the decision to replace manager Joe Girardi had long been discussed before the move was made last month.

ORLANDO, FLA. » New York Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner says the decision to replace manager Joe Girardi had long been discussed before the move was made last month.

Speaking Wednesday ahead of a major league owners’ meeting, Steinbrenner says “this is not something that came from two or three weeks.” Steinbrenner says he consulted regularly with general manager Brian Cashman about the decision and adds “it came from two, three, four years and everything we observed in that time period.”

New York, in the midst of a move toward youth, came within one win of its first World Series since 2009, losing Game 7 of the AL Championship Series to Houston.

S t e i nbr enne r s ay s , “You’ve got to consider the fact that you have a young team and that maybe a different type of leadership perhaps is needed for a younger team than it is for a veteran team.” More AP baseball: https://apnews. com/tag/ MLBbaseball

“You’ve got to consider the fact that you have a young teamand that maybe a different type of leadership perhaps is needed for a younger team than it is for a veteran team.”

– New York Yankees’ owner Hal

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JOHN RAOUX — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hal Steinbrenner, second from left, principal owner, managing general partner and co-chairman of the New York Yankees, talks with reporters at the annual MLB baseball general managers’ meetings, Wednesday in Orlando, Fla.