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- Updated: August 29, 2016
NEW YORK — This has been one of the toughest seasons for Yankees manager Joe Girardi, but in one area he’s been pretty consistent.
Prior to just about every game at Yankee Stadium, Girardi has supported a charity or non-profit organization whose charge is to help needy or sick people in the community.
Girardi wears the T-shirt sponsoring that particular organization into his daily pregame media conference and then offers a brief description of what that group is attempting to accomplish. His largess is amplified multifold by coverage of the YES Network.
On Sunday before the Yanks dropped a 5-0 decision to the Orioles, it was “The Vs. Cancer Foundation,” an organization that empowers athletes to fund efforts to save the lives of children.
“[Mariners third baseman] Kyle Seager is really active in this and I believe donates money for every hit that he gets,” said Girardi, adding that the Yankees’ top two Minor League clubs combined to raise $20,000 for “Vs.” this season during the Yankees HOPE Week activities.
The concept was the brainchild of Jason Zillo, executive director of media relations for the Yankees, whose office researches the foundations and presents Girardi with a T-shirt and blurb describing the latest group each home game prior to him meeting with the media.
But make no mistake about it, Girardi is fully vested in helping less fortunate people by using the bully pulpit he’s uniquely afforded managing the Yankees.
The list includes firefighters, military, Alzheimer’s victims, the New York City Blood Center, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, breast cancer survivors, a program for free meals. And it goes on and on.
As he so aptly said in the wake of Alex Rodriguez’s departure only 16 days ago, he has a big heart.
“I think it’s great. I think there are so many people who do such great things,” Girardi said during a one-on-one interview in his office on Saturday. “There’s so many people who need help in our society. They talk about what we can’t live without. They talk about food and water and to me the next two things are love and hope. I’m a …
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