Comments on: Exclusive photo: Marty being fired

By: Thermos

Thermos — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:42:41 +0000

Moose shoulda told ya out front.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:47:20 +0000

The only thing I don’t like about this blog are the debates over whether Peter’s jokes are funny!

By: LathamJoe

LathamJoe — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:35:06 +0000

The Rajah of Rehab may be experiencing “pain in the forearm” or “tightness in the forearm” caused by ulnar nerve problems. If that’s the case, with his history of rehabilitation and tolerance for pain, he’ll be gone for the season.

By: randy l

randy l — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:24:33 +0000

murphydog- before i get to cashman and loyalty, i want to say sometimes a meeting of the minds sees things ahead of time and we got the conditioning thing right early on. you know what i’m talking about.
if you read stottlemyre’s new book he talks about neil allen and how billy connors wanted neil to rereport back to connors on stottlemyre. neil wouldn’t do it. stottlemyre came to respect him over this. neil is a straight up guy. he’s close friends with guidry. allen’s problem was that tampa was groomimg him to be major league pitching coach and cashman simply didn’t want him there. a good executive has to be able to handle creative differences in an organization. letting a resource like allen is just crazy . wang was changed overnight. you guys are giving cashman way too much credit and benefit of the doubt . essentially kerrigan replaced allen and kerrigan is a toxic as it gets. he has a bad reputation everywhere he’s been. if anyone is involved in palace intrigue it’s kerrigan. he’a the ultimate backstabber everywhere he’s been. you watch how it plays out with him . cashman put him out there for a reason.his hiring is as bad as the marty miller one because he doesn’t fit it in except as a snitch for cashman.
that said cashman has his skills. he’s smart. he just has to know his limitations and delegate when he needs to.

By: blondlobo

blondlobo — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:06:39 +0000

If the moose was Cashman, he’d be holding his hamstring, not getting clocked in the nose.

By: Peter Abraham

Peter Abraham — Thu, 03 May 2007 19:02:10 +0000

Stormy: I set up an appointment for you with Dr. James Andrews. He’s going to surgically remove the giant stick you have up your butt.

By: YankeesLuv

YankeesLuv — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:55:48 +0000

Okay regarding the picture, which one is Cashman and which one is Miller?

By: Chris NY

Chris NY — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:50:28 +0000

Guys, lighten up. The marty moose thing was a funny reference to a great, classic comedy. I doubt Pete expected you all to tell him to start doing stand-up, but it was humorous.

As far as Cashman/Miller goes… No-one can tie the injuries directly to him and they may or may not have anything to do with his methods. The reality is, he was doing different stuff, guys weren’t comfortable with it. That doesn’t mean his techniques didn’t work, how the hell do we know? I was as guilty of anyone of saying yesterday, “later jacka$$,” but we really don’t know whether or not he was responsible. The reality is guys didn’t like his routine, maybe because he wasn’t there early enough for them to get comfortable as was said, maybe he was just a moron, who knows. But if they’re not comfortable, he’s got to go regardless.

Point being, I wouldn’t *necessarily* abandon all faith in Cashman based on this. We have had plenty of injuries over the last few years BEFORE Marty the Moose came on-board.

By: murphydog

murphydog — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:50:07 +0000

randy 1:

It’s a tough call sometimes who to keep and who to toss, but once loyalty becomes questioned there’s no getting it back.

I’ve been an executive at different times in my career, and when I came in to take responsibility for operations, there was always a sifting process in evaluating the prior regime’s staff. In some cases I knew some of the hold over employees from my own experience. As to others I had to rely on “scouting reports” prepared by trusted subordinates.

For all we know Allen screwed or undermined Cashman on more than a couple of occasions before Cash ascended to his current perch. If so, it’s shame on Allen, because once you dabble in palace intrigue, you’re fair game.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 03 May 2007 18:41:45 +0000

No question about it, the Miller debacle has changed my view of Cashman. This is not the sort of issue that I typically think of when I consider what makes a good or bad GM – 99.9% of my attention is on dealing, acquiring, and calling up players. But this has opened my eyes to a whole new area of what it means to be a GM and no matter how you spin the facts on this one, Cashman looks awful. I’m waiting for the article that explains that Miller was more than just a glorified fitness club manager, but I don’t think I’ll ever see it.

The Yankees still have what it takes to make it to the playoffs. But with ARod’s unbelievable start set against all the injuries, it’s impossible not to think about what might have been.