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With all the talk linking Joe Girardi and the Cubs' managerial vacancy, it's
a reasonable question to wonder if the popular manager even wants the job.
Everybody has their own opinion. Theo Epstein thinks the Cubs gig sells
itself given the number and quality of prospects coming up through the
system. Those around the game can make the claim the Cubs job is the ultimate
challenge for a manager, especially one who grew up in Peoria, went to school
at Northwestern University and was drafted by the Cubs.
But what does Girardi think?
So far, he's been silent on the matter, letting his agent do the talking. But
if a video from 2002 is any indication, maybe the Cubs job is exactly what
he'd want.
In a video sent to CSN's David Kaplan from noted filmmaker Matt Liston, who
created "Chasing October", a 2007 docu-comedy about the Cubs' 2003 season,
Girardi says playing for the Cubs was his boyhood dream.
The 48-year-old former catcher had won three World Series as a player with
the Yankees by the time the interview took place, but said he would
"definitely" give all three rings up for just one Cubs World Series ring.
Girardi has since won a fourth ring with the Yankees