Tag Archives: Brian Cashman

Cashman Blasts Mets Over Feliciano Abuse

New York Yankees Pedro Feliciano

Via Peter Botte of the NY Daily News: "He was abused," Cashman said of the lefty reliever who led the majors in appearances the last three years. That didn't stop the Yankees - desperate for a lefty bullpen arm - from signing him over the winter, but Feliciano is starting the season on the DL with a ...

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Sherman: Business As Usual for Yankees & Cashman

There has been lots of speculation about a potential rift between the Yankees organization and general manager Brian Cashman. It started when they signed Rafael Soriano despite Cashman insistence that he was not interested. Things got worse during the press conference to announce Soriano when Cashman again asserted that he was against the signing. It started ...

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Cashman Explains OF Comments to Jeter’s Agent

Via John Harper of the NY Daily News: "I did talk to Casey Close," Cashman said Wednesday night. "He asked, 'Hey, what's going on?' Because they were receiving a lot of calls. And I explained everything to him. Hopefully I sufficed. "I haven't talked to Derek. As far as I'm concerned, there's nothing to explain. This thing ...

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Quote: It’s In Soriano’s Hands to Make Yankees GM Eat His Words

Saw this quoted on Baseball Think Factory this morning and had to pass it along. It's a quote from Joaquin Benoit who was Rafael Soriano's setup man in Tampa last season. It's in reference to what Brian Cashman said at Soriano's press conference. How he didn't want him, he thought their funds were ...

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Cashman Still In Charge, But A Rift May Be Growing

The Yankees held a press conference yesterday to announce the signing of reliever Rafael Soriano. It gave general manager Brian Cashman a chance to address the recent rumors that he wanted no part in the signing. He took full advantage of that chance and said that he didn't think it was an efficient way to ...

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Cashman to Pettitte: Don’t ‘Brett Favre’ Us

The Yankees have been waiting patiently for Andy Pettitte to make up his mind on whether or not he will pitch in 2011 or retire. We know they want him, they've even made it known that they're willing to offer him a raise to come back, but they haven't said much about it. Well it ...

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Cashman Still Controls the Yankees

Via Brian Costello of the NY Post: [Yankees general manager Brian Cashman] did not want to sign [Rafael Soriano], but was overruled by the Steinbrenners. The team and the pitcher agreed to a three-year, $35 million deal Thursday, pending a physical. According to the source, ownership was worried about the bullpen's depth should Mariano ...

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Decision to Sign Soriano Was Not Cashman’s

The Yankees and their recent acquisition, Rafael Soriano, have been connected in rumors for a while now, but his signing was still a pretty big surprise to most of the blogosphere. The reason is because their general manager Brian Cashman has been pretty vocal that he wasn't interested in signing a closer to be his ...

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Video of Brian Cashman Rappelling Down a Building Dressed as an Elf

Here is a video of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman rappelling down the side of a building dressed as an elf. I believe this video is from Sunday, he also rappelled down a building Friday as well. Perhaps practice jumping off a building if the Yankees don't sign Cliff Lee and Andy Pettitte. (Thanks to reader Pat).

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Pictures of Yankees GM Brian Cashman Rappelling Down A Building

Because re-signing Derek Jeter just wasn't hard enough for Yankees general manager Brian Cashman he decided to rappel down the side of a building yesterday. Here are some pictures. By the way, nice hair Cash!

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