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Question: Here is your lifeline  Washington Nationals. We have gone from theory to reality in 24 hours.  Joe Girardi  no longer manages the New York Yankees. There is one potential managerial candidate who represents an obvious upgrade from Dusty Baker  both in the near term and long range.  He  is  Joseph Elliott Girardi .
Go get  him .
If the Nationals â and by âthe Nationalsâ here  we are speaking of the Lerner family  which owns the team â even are going to consider  Girardi   they have to go in with two things wide open: their eyes and their wallet.
Baker  whom they didnât invite back  felt  he  was woefully underpaid at $2 million annually  and the main reason  he  is no longer here anymore is because  his  contract was only for two years. Those two years expired  the Lerners had no further financial commitment  there was some ham-handedness in both public relations and game management in the division series against the Cubs  and so  he âs gone.
[ Girardi  made sense for the Nats even before the Yankees let  him  go]
 Girardi  isnât coming here for any two years and $4 million.  His  last contract with the Yankees  the one that expired following this year  was for twice that â four years and $16 million. Thereâs your starting point. If you want  him   Mr. Lerner  be prepared to value the position of manager more than you have at any point in the past. Take a number youâre comfortable with â and triple it.
Joe Maddon hadnât won a World Series when he agreed to a five-year deal worth a reported $25 million. Could  Girardi  ask for such a sum? Sure.
We donât yet know that  Girardi  will require that or that the Nationals will even inquire about  Girardi âs needs. But logic tells you General Manager Mike Rizzo  who did not return a message Thursday  has to reach out. Follow that logic further  and Rizzo has the toughest sell job of  his  career to  his  own bosses.
If Rizzo calls Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman and gets a favorable report on  Girardi  â and given their long run together  why wouldnât  he ? â and the rest of Rizzoâs reporting reveals no red flags  then  he  must present a case to ownership that what they have before them is an opportunity. Forget the money it will cost. Consider it found money.
 Girardi âs side is important in this  too. On Thursday  in the hours after the Yankees announced they would not bring  him  back  a person close to the (now former) manager said the situation was too âfresh â and we couldnât yet analyze whether  Girardi  would want to move on to the Nationals â or anywhere else â immediately.
But we do know a bit more about  Girardi âs state of mind than we did at the end of the American League Championship Series  when  he  said  he  would have to consult with  his  family â  his  wife and three children live in South Florida â before deciding whether  he  could be all-in as a manager again.
On Thursday   Girardi  issued a statement that thanked just about everybody in the Yankee organization. But it opened with this: âWith a heavy heart  I come to you because the Yankees have decided not to bring me back.â
Sounds like someone who was ready to reload for another run.  He  just needed to be asked.
One reasonable question  Girardi  would have â and one that  once a manager is in place  could hang over the entire 2018 season â is: Who would I be working for? Not next year but down the line. Rizzoâs contract runs only through 2018. He and his front office built the team that won four division titles in six years and is poised to contend again. If he convinces  Girardi  to come here and convinces the Lerners to pay for him  wouldnât another extension be in line for the general manager?
A final piece: At 53   Girardi  is too young to really be into evaluating  his  âlegacy.â But here is a list of managers who have won World Series titles with two franchises: Sparky Anderson  who did it in Cincinnati and Detroit  and Tony La Russa  who did it in Oakland and St. Louis. Short list. Everyone on it is in the Hall of Fame.
If  Girardi  wins another World Series   he  joins that group. Could  he  do it in Washington? The Nationals have stated thatâs the only goal that matters. A manager who has done it is now available.

Answer: Joe Girardi to the Nationals? The question is no longer theoretical.


Question: American Sage Kotsenburg won gold in the event at the Sochi Games in 2014. We brought him into the âOlympics Cornerâ today for his thoughts on how to watch. Keep scrolling to read that Q&A.
Throughout the Games  weâll occasionally bring someone in to help us better understand the Olympics. Today:  Sage Kotsenburg .
Four years ago in Sochi   Sage Kotsenburg  shocked the snowboarding world by winning slopestyle gold.  He  followed that up with what President Barack Obama told  him  was the âchillestâ interview of the Olympics.  Kotsenburg  has since stopped competing  so  he  wonât be in PyeongChang. But The Post caught up with  him  by phone during a recent film shoot in Italy to get  his  thoughts on this yearâs slopestyle event (8 p.m. Eastern time Saturday on NBCSN).
A: Three people that I would look for are an American kid  Red Gerard.  He âs absolutely crushing it right now. This course  when I saw it  I immediately thought Red can really do well here. I wouldnât be surprised to see  him  on the podium  if not up in the top five.
And then Mark McMorris  who got bronze last time around.  He  came back from a really  really bad injury  so Iâd like to see  him  do good  too. Weâve been good friends for a long time.  He âs crushing it  too.  He âs doing a really  really  really good job right now. Iâd like to see  him  up there.
Iâll give a prediction for gold: Itâs going to be Marcus Kleveland.  He âs from Norway.  He  has pretty much anything you want in a slopestyle course and more. So  if  he  puts down  his  run   he âll probably win or silver  Iâd guess.

Answer: Olympics Day 2: PyeongChang awards the first medals of the Games


Question: Ryan Blaney  drives down the front straightaway during qualifying at Phoenix International Raceway on Friday. (Photo: Ralph Freso  AP)
AVONDALE  Ariz. (AP)  â Ryan Blaney  probably needs to win at Phoenix Raceway to earn a shot at NASCARâs championship.
 He âll at least start up front Sunday in  his  bid to put The Wood Brothers in the final four contenders next weekend at Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Blaney  won the pole in  his  final chance to qualify for NASCARâs championship race with a lap at 137.942 mph around Phoenix in a Ford.
It gave  Blaney  the top starting spot for Sundayâs penultimate race of the playoffs. There is one slot available in the field of four that will race for the championship next week  and  Blaney  is one of five drivers chasing that spot.
âOur mindset coming into this weekend was really trying to win the race and sitting on the pole. My mindset doesnât change â  Blaney  said. âI still want to go try to win the race  so thatâs the mindset weâve had all week and hopefully we can keep that and I think thatâs our goal.â
 Blaney  bested Denny Hamlin in Friday qualifying. Both playoff drivers need to win to grab the final spot in the finale  and Hamlin waited until the third and final round to cut a corner on the track in an attempt to better his time.
Hamlinâs lap at 137.936 briefly put his Toyota on top of the leaderboard  but  Blaney  bumped  him  moments later.
1. (21) Ryan Blaney  Ford  137.942 mph.

Answer:
Ryan Blaney wins pole in critical playoff race at Phoenix