Hank sez Cashman's off the hook, too!-- AP

• He's already let the new manager off the hook, now he lets Brian Cashman off as well!

"The Yankees' baseball operations executives were to come up with a recommendation for the team's top officials, which likely will carry a lot of weight. The search comes with general manager Brian Cashman heading into the final year of his deal,

• but Hank Steinbrenner said Cashman isn't linked to the success of the manager.

"I think from the start the guy that I was leaning towards and the guy he was leaning towards, it's the same guy," he said.

• "So his job wouldn't be on the line if I tend to agree with him.""

From AP report published on SportingNews.com, "Yankees Looking to Meet with Arod," 10/27/07

• What a country! Cashman won't get blamed either!
• Some comments on the story from Sporting News site:

1. Angle of whether they seek Arod's approval of manager....

• "..that Hank & Hal aren't stupid enbough to think that they need to confer with Alex about future managers. You talk about the inmates running the asylum!!

I mean, it's obvious that they're amateurs at this just by the way the whole Torre mess got handled. But if they're thinking that they need Alex's "blessing" on the next manager...that's MORE THAN setting yourself up for disaster! If they're going down that path...they might as well just sprinkle gasoline on themselves and light a match. Then again...they could just get Farnsworth to show up and "show 'em how it's done!"

• 2. Doesn't care about anything except Yankee Kool-Aid

• "This makes sense to meet because you need to find out where Boras stands and what the Yankees are thinking."50 (previous poster), they definitely don't want or need Arod's blessing for a new manager. Remember no one is above the team or the Yankee uniform. As for the Steinbrenners I believe things will calm down once a manager is named and then the focus will be on Mattingly or Girardi. By the way if Boras opts out he must have a deal in place which once again Bud Selig will act like he doesn't know what is going on.

3. Poster is so twisted about Yankees, doesn't realize Yankee bias is actually the opposite of what he/she says:

• "Selig will turn his back on the A-fraud opt-out like he will turn his back on the spanks making announcements during the WS.

"Teams aren't allowed to make major announcements during the World Series, but if New York wanted to do so on an off day, commissioner Bud Selig probably would give his permission."

• Typical NY bias. Selig must be on your sky high payroll, also."

• (POSTER, YOU'RE CORRECT--SELIG GETS MOST OF HIS MONEY FROM TEAMS LIKE THE YANKEES AND RED SOX (your team) WHO SPEND MONEY ON PAYROLL--RATHER THAN PUTTING IT IN THEIR POCKETS.ALSO--THIS ISN'T A COMMUNIST COUNTRY AND I DON'T LIKE PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE GAMES LIKE BLACKOUTS DURING THE WORLD SERIES. IT'S FINE FOR ROBOTS, ASSUMING THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.) sm

(Poster): "Steinloser duo should take the extra 3-4 days to re-think thier decision because this will define the spanks for the next 10-15 years with all your "prospects" on the mound to go along with the bought fielders. GO BOSOX!!!" ***********************************

• POSTER IS ALSO UP TO DATE ON PROPAGANDA SAYING YANKEES ARE STILL CRUEL--EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LOWERING THEIR PAYROLL AND GETTING YOUNGER. MLB CONTROLLED SPIN IS NOW THAT THEY'RE CRUELLY OVERPAYING FOR YOUNG PROSPECTS---SOB.....(Bud gets a percentage of every penny they overpay...) sm

A PASSIVE PUBLIC BUYS NEGATIVITY ABOUT ONE TEAM AND ITS PLAYERS RATHER THAN PLACING THE FOCUS WHERE IT BELONGS. ALLAH "Bud" SELIG AND "BOB" DU PUY FEED THE FLAMES FORGETTING MANY YANKEE FANS CAN'T AFFORD TO GO TO GAMES. (sm)

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