Yankees manager Joe Girardi risks his life to help woman in crash hours after World Series win

November 5, 1:42 PMNorth Jersey Crime ExaminerJerry DeMarco

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Girardi the hero

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Yankees Manager Joe Girardi practically risked his life on the way home from winning the World Series last night, hopping out of his car and darting across traffic to help a woman whose vehicle had crashed into a wall.

"The guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help," Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano told the Journal News. "It was totally surreal." The 27-year-old driver from Connecticut was stunned but OK, she said.

If you know the area, you won't be surpised that the 2:25 a.m. crash occured in the eastbound lanes along a long blind curve where the two-lane Cross County Parkway meets the three-lane Hutchinson River Parkway, just before the New Rochelle Road exit.

In fact, Giradi could've gotten himself killed running across the highway, where traffic routinely zips by at an 80-mile-an-hour clip -- slightly faster than the home run pitch Pedro Martinez served up to Hideki Matsui last night. CONTINUED....