its numerous female stars

I would ever shy away from,” Girardi said. “So that has very Discount Louis Vuittonlittle impact on it whatsoever.” who will try to resolve their managerial situation before moving on to player personnel needs, including the re-signing of Robinson Cano. “I see it as a year where there’s probably more areas to address than there has been in a long time just because of people retiring, other situations that we’re dealing with, players at the end of their contracts,” Girardi said. “There’s a lot to be done in the offseason, Girardi is 564-408 in six seasons with the Yankees, reaching the postseason four times, the ALCS three times and winning it all in 2009. it doesn’t encompass every variety of pop listener.

Streaming songs isn’t the same as buying music. For the likes of Emeli Sandé and Adele to sell more albums than their male counterparts in a market dominated by male consumers shows there must be a Chanel 2.55 bagdegree of gender overlap in their respective audiences. But a huge imbalance remains – a dismal one in my view. Men aren’t prepared to listen to women in anything like the volume that women listen to men. It might be thought that pop music, with its numerous female stars and compulsive erotic focus, would be a vehicle for men and women to communicate with each other; more so indeed than other art forms. Closer examination reveals a different picture. For all the strong female voices, the charts remain a fortress of male presumption, summed up by Robin Thicke’s oily croon of “I know you want it”. Alongside that lies wilful ignorance – men who don’t want to listen to the opposite sex, who really aren’t interested in learning what women want. Although the Yankees finished 85-77 – their lowest win total since 1992, when they went 76-86 in their last sub-.500 season – many believe Girardi did one of his finest managing jobs as he guided a team that used a franchise-record 56 players while sending 21 players to the disabled list for 28 combined DL stints.

“The two things that really stick out in my mind about this year, when Vernon (Wells) came here, he probably never imagined that he’d play third, second and first,” Girardi said. “And Luis Cruz, they wouldn’t let in the Gucci cosmetic casebuilding because they didn’t know he was on our team. Those are the two things that really stick out, which kind of tells me what kind of year it has been around here.”