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
difficult everybody gone recognized year
I think everybody recognized after what a difficult year we've gone through that things had to change,
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.
believe last people saying starting strong year
People are starting to believe what we were saying last year ? we're strong, but strong 'low'.
along came name pat prepared press stand unless year
They've had a full-court press on me for Contreras all year long, and when they called this morning, his name came up again. We were prepared to go with what we have. We were prepared to stand pat unless something came along that really made sense.
time waited year
There's time pressure. Nov. 15 is the date, ... Let's just get it done. We've had all year to try to get it done. We've waited for the season. Now it's time to try to get it done or not get it done. Nov. 15 is the day.
himself last onto pushed radar screen year
He's someone that is getting better every year as a prospect. He pushed himself onto our radar screen last year.
ahead asked guys knew option page question rather stay year
I knew (the option year of his contract) would be the first question you guys asked him. So I wanted to stay ahead of it and get on the same page with him, rather than play catch-up.
happened ourselves position winning year
All we've done is put ourselves in the same position we've been in before, winning a world championship. This year just happened to be a little tougher.
general manager ninth perform players retain stage year
This is my ninth year as general manager and, when you find players who can perform on the big stage in New York, it makes it that much more important to retain those players.
build good news today
We just want him right. He's a starter, so we need to build him back up to be a starter. But today was good news for me.
best both experience managerial people staff tried
We just tried to get the best staff possible. We both thought having people with managerial experience would be great.
calmed defensive johnny needs player spoke
I spoke to Johnny yesterday. He's not worried. He just needs to get it calmed down, so that's why he's not a defensive player for them right now.
burned
I've been burned before. But I haven't been burned this year.
early people seriously time
Early in the year, you wanted to play us. At this time of year, people have to take us seriously again.