I’m a life-time Boston Red Sox fan, and the New York Yankees winning anything is like a knife to my heart. Nevertheless, fair is fair. Joe Girardi, the Yankee manager, is an Ethics Hero for November.
Driving home from the Stadium after winning the World Series last night, Girardi stopped to help a motorist who had lost control of his car on the Cross Country Parkway and had crashed into a wall.
Girardi could have passed the buck, as most of us do in those situations. Lots of other cars would have an opportunity to help the driver, and Girardi had every reason to think he had done enough that night—a historic victory, a celebration, and now it was time to go home. It would have been easy to drive on. Nobody would know, nobody would criticize.
He did the right thing: Joe Girardi stopped to help a fellow human being in trouble. His choice had nothing to do with his being a New York celebrity, the manager of baseball’s most famous team and recently-crowned champion. It had to do with fulfilling his obligations as a citizen and a human being.
Today you’re my hero, Joe.
Just don’t expect me to be a Yankee fan.
Ethics Alarms 
Great story, but I have a different reaction–Joe’s action has made me more favorable to the Yankees. Let’s root for ethics heroes. Mine are Andy Roddick, Oregon football coach Chip Kelly (tho I’m a USC fanatic), and now Joe Girardi (tho I’m a Dodger fanatic)
Becoming a Yankee fan…wow. Bob, That’s right up there with converting to a Vegan diet, using scratchy toilet paper, and buying a Smart Car as ethics sacrifices go. I think what I’ll do is root for Girardi, by encouraging him to manage a team that doesn’t have Alex Rodriguez or owners like the Steinbrenners.