Brian Cashman
Brian Cashman
Brian McGuire Cashmanis an American baseball executive for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball. He has served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Yankees since 1998...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth3 July 1967
CityRockville Centre, NY
busy clubs keeping lose player
I've been keeping up with everything, ... I can multitask. You have to, or you lose ground. I've been busy communicating with clubs and player agents.
small
This has been a small way for us to try to assist.
baseball drama extra guy lived prepared toughest
This guy has already been through the toughest baseball drama you can be part of. He lived through all of the extra scrutiny. He comes in here prepared for all of that.
act defeating issue last listen position scouts short sign trust understood
After what we went through last year, I never wanted to be in a position where we were short of pitchers. You never have enough pitching, and while I didn't issue any edict or anything to go out and sign more pitchers, our scouts all understood that if they had any recommendations I would act on them. If you don't trust and listen to your scouts you're defeating yourself.
coaching focus needs tom
So we're not having contract-extension negotiations with Tom Gordon, Hideki Matsui or Bernie Williams, or any of the coaching staff, or myself. The focus is where it needs to be, which is on that field.
felt percent yesterday
As of yesterday Carl felt he was 70 percent better from Friday.
confidence full job lead required
That's what's required of them. That's what a No. 1 and a No. 2 guy's job is, to lead a staff. And we have full confidence in them.
behind urgency
That's what's behind the sense of urgency that's here . . . we're all on the clock.
anybody focus included job knows stuff walk year
Anybody who's on their walk year -- players, coaches, myself included -- knows that stuff is for another day. The only focus right now is getting the job done this year; 2006 is for another day.
anybody baseball daily impact lives name realize sports
Anything you can do to help. You don't realize what kind of impact the name 'Yankees,' or anybody in sports for that matter, can have on people's lives on a daily basis.
grinding team
That's how our team has approached it the whole month. It's a grind, and we're grinding it.
held individual position previous quite
Quite frankly, he can do some things more than the individual who held that position the previous years.
won
If we had won today, we'd be going to New York.
final report
I don't have a final report yet. I'll have one before Thursday's game.