Comments on: Hank riding to the rescue of the Yankees

By: knoworange.

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By: adam d

adam d — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:56:19 +0000

Ya. A lot of mistakes were made, the first one is letting Joe Torre go. The only sweet thing about the Yankees most likely not making the playoffs is that Joe Torre looks like he is going to the playoffs. Thats it. This team was consistently inconsistent. I still love them though, and won’t count them out till that (x) is near their name. I look forward to seeing a team with intensity and heart. Get me that Hal! The Yankees 4 Championships did not come for super stars, they came from people that dive for balls, pitch their hearts out, and are not afraid of the outfield wall.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:51:27 +0000

Cashman’s inability to put together a synergistic team has come home to roost. Imagine 3 guys in their mid to later 30’s with an aggregate salary commitment of 40 mill for 09 either campaigning or “acquiescing” to play first base next year since their skill sets, through age or injury, or both, have deteriorated to the point that they just can’t play their “regular” posiitons (Damon, Matsui and Posada). Add to the mix, the resident statue, Giambi, who would even take a “cut” to about 15 –20Mill to return!! And there is thought to also bringing the wall-phobic Abreu back!!!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:24:54 +0000

Bye bye Cashman.

By: ralph

ralph — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:01:19 +0000

terpbomber, your post was right on the mark about Cashman. He has single-handedly destroyed a dynasty by picking up the leftovers, such as Johnson and Igawa, as well as numerous other pitchers, rather than trading for the top pitcher on the market over and over again. How can you turn down trading for a proven multiple Cy Young winner and bona fide star such as Santana for minor leaguers who have not proven themselves (Joba wasn’t even in the discussion)? He has also always put together a terrible bench because he goes on the cheap because he would rather waste millions of dollars on a guy who absolutely knew was a stiff, Igawa. Pennats and championships are won with a strong bench whith hustling, muti-faceted players. His idea of a bench is using his broken down, injured veterans to DH, and bring in the awful fielding stiff Betemit.
Hank didn’t go far enough in his statement, because Cashman has ruined a championship team put together by others, which has caused the value of YES network to go down, as well as ruin the lustre on the new Stadium. The locks on Cashman’s office should be changed immediately after the last out of the last pathetic game, and let him take a job in Philly, which will help the Mets, or Seattle, the dead zone.
Plus, Torre would have made absolutely no difference this year, as he was losing it the last few years, even though Girardi didn’t distinguish himself. The smiling jacks, Cano, Melky, and Abreu all have to go, as well as the free agents in addition to Abreu.

By: ZMAN7777

ZMAN7777 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:42:01 +0000

I wouldn’t give Cashman two weeks, let alone two years. The results of his handiwork are quite clear. This team is regressing at a rapid pace. And, to top it all off, Cashman hasn’t even been encumbered by fiscal discipline concerns, which other GMs deal with as a matter of course. Cut the cord, Hank.

By: terpbomber

terpbomber — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:29:15 +0000

Cashman has been the biggest problem during the last few years. When he came on board, he inherited an already great team put together by Gene Michael & Bob Watson. Most the moves he’s made has dubious at best.

His pitching decisions have been awful. After 2001, Cashman broke up the great bullpen, only to reacquire Nelson and Stanton later (yet unceremoniously releasing the latter). He goes after bad pitchers like Jeff Weaver and Kevin Brown. He stupidly brings back Wells and Clemens, as if they had something left. They didn’t; those were costly moves! He couldn’t get Schilling and gets Randy Johnson, who was long past his prime. He seemed like he got lit up every time.

I know a lot of Yankee fans want to throttle Schilling for comments he’s made over the years. But prior to going to Boston, he wanted to join the Yankees! He was available and Cashman opted not to do anything on more than one occasion. The result? Schilling wins three World Series championships that could have belonged to the Yankees! If Schilling was here, he’d be dispensing the below-the-belt comments at Boston instead! And Pavano… didn’t Cashman do his homework before signing the guy to that deal? Igawa? An expensive career minor leaguer. The latter two was costlier than trying to sign Dice-K, which he should have done.

By: Yankees need more runs

Yankees need more runs — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:32:24 +0000

I do not usually agree with Hank but I am fully on his side this time. Yes, many mistakes were made over the past year, many of those mistakes were made by Cashman. The more autonomy Cashman had in the past few years, the farther away Yankees are from the world championship.

By: Briantrust

Briantrust — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:39:30 +0000

Someone will take the hit for this season, and it’s Cashman. He has has three years of autonomy, and the team has gotten worse every year.

By: Housecleaner

Housecleaner — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:30:24 +0000

Cashman has never taken a synergistic “do the pieces fit” approach to putting together a cohesive team on the field. By constantly signing free agents, similarly situated age wise, to ludicrous contracts, he has assured us that the skill levels would all deteriorate at or around the same time. Thus, the team would implode as it indeed has.