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,
believe last people saying starting strong year
People are starting to believe what we were saying last year ? we're strong, but strong 'low'.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
along business certainly factor scholars-and-scholarship side
There is a business side that comes along with us because of his status. That?s certainly a factor in this.
ado best judged required team
We're required to put the best team on the field, and we're going to be judged on those decisions. I think it's a lot ado about nothing. It's unfortunate.
issue worried wrong
Why should it? There's nothing wrong with him. I'm not worried because no one else has told me there's any issue here.
avoid catching forward though trying
We're going forward as though he's catching all season. We're not trying to avoid it.
chance invested opinion specialist
We want to give the specialist a chance to give his opinion before we do anything else. Hopefully, it's nothing. But we have a lot invested in him.