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Friday, October 26, 2007

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!" Wink
  • 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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2 Comments:

  • The rule about no big announcements during the World Series is the Yankees fault. During game 7 of the 1985 world series they told the press Lou Pinella was the new manager. All the New York papers headlines front and back screamed SWEET LOU! and on the back pages the small box thats usually reserved these days for the Mets said Royals win series. Other papers around the country covered it quite extensively as well and the Royals weren't amused. Apparently it had been won of those unwritten rules (Baseball has the market covered on unwritten rules btw) not to distract from the World Series. After that it became a written one.

    I had a crazy thought during Alcs when Paul Byrd was outed that baseball instead of waiting until December to release the Mitchell report, they should do it right before game 1 of the World Series and see what happens. The Media has to cover the Series, they cant blow it off and do what they would rather do which is cover scandal. Their also busy with collage and pro football and the Nba starting up. After the Series ends in a week or week and half they would love nothing more than to treat baseball like it was the corpse of Anna Nicole Smith but by then story is old

    By Blogger james, at 12:00 AM  

  • Great background info on news blackout during World Series, James. This new group of so-called Yankees should keep newspaper guys happy for awhile.
    What I'd like a news blackout on is stories that keep talking about what "the Commissioner" says, does, wants, thinks, etc. The Paul Byrd thing is funny, too. Funny it didn't get leaked in time to help the Yankees, but the Yankees can't even help themselves today.

    By Blogger susan, at 1:23 AM  

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