RAYS 5, YANKEES 4 Joe Girardi Preaches About Family. On Friday, He Practiced It. Girardi, the Yankees’ manager, missed a game against the Rays to attend the high school graduation of his oldest daughter in South Florida. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/sports/baseball/new-york-yankees-tampa-bay-rays-joe-girardi.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fbaseball