Fan learns: Beware heckling Yankees Manager Joe Girardi [video]

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Aug. 23, 2012 12 AM PT

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&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;So &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000205”&amp;gt;Yankees&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; Manager Joe Girardi was just minding his own business, giving a news conference Wednesday night after his team lost to the Chicago, completing a sweep by the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000167”&amp;gt;White Sox&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;. He’s answering a reporter’s question when in the distance he hears “Yankees swept? Yes!”&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;But he ignores it, and continues answering, when he starts to hear it again. And then Joe Girardi gets angry and stops his answer mid-sentence.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;”Hey, hey, shut up! We’re doing an interview!” he says as he moves toward the guy.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;But that’s not the best part. That comes when he returns to the news conference and picks up his sentence where he left off, as if nothing ever happened.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;It’s a really impressive display by Girardi.&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;How did a fan get so close to a news conference? Well, apparently in Chicago, they let fans who sit in the expensive seats right behind home plate go in and out of a different exit than the commoners in the rest of the stadium. And the entrance/exit is right across from where the news conference was held.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Here’s guessing that fan won’t be invited back any time soon, though a little good-natured heckling is part of the game.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-adam-dunn-bartolo-colon-20120823,0,2389204.story”&amp;gt;Adam Dunn says &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT001411”&amp;gt;Bartolo Colon&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-adam-dunn-bartolo-colon-20120823,0,2389204.story”&amp;gt; is ‘pretty dumb’&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-tony-farmer-collapses-video-20120823,0,1364765.story”&amp;gt;Top recruit Tony Farmer collapses after prison sentencing&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-teen-hurt-by-line-drive-from-metal-bat-to-receive-145-million-20120823,0,4197373.story”&amp;gt;Teen hurt by line drive from metal bat to receive $14.5 million&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

Fan learns: Beware heckling Yankees Manager Joe Girardi [video]

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