Comments on: Why Cashman Came Back http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/ Holy Cow! We never take cannoli from a huckleberry. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Raf http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47651 Raf Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:42:51 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47651 A team that is soundly constructed in terms of both pitching and offense, plays well, wins in the regular season and the post-season, and a ledger free of terrible signings and trades. ---------- Such a team and organization does not exist.

A team that is soundly constructed in terms of both pitching and offense, plays well, wins in the regular season and the post-season, and a ledger free of terrible signings and trades.
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Such a team and organization does not exist.

]]> By: OnceIWasAYankeeFan http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47638 OnceIWasAYankeeFan Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:53:25 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47638 No, but then again, what you think is a standard requirement for GMs I believe requires advanced Psychology degrees and having Miss Cleo on speed dial.

No, but then again, what you think is a standard requirement for GMs I believe requires advanced Psychology degrees and having Miss Cleo on speed dial.

]]> By: Steve Lombardi http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47586 Steve Lombardi Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:32:38 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47586 OnceIWasAYankeeFan - isn't it the job of the GM to have his finger on the pulse of his team...so that he can figure out (and know about) his players that are going to tank, get injuried, etc., and either get them off the team before it happens or have good back-up plans for when it does happen?

OnceIWasAYankeeFan – isn’t it the job of the GM to have his finger on the pulse of his team…so that he can figure out (and know about) his players that are going to tank, get injuried, etc., and either get them off the team before it happens or have good back-up plans for when it does happen?

]]> By: OnceIWasAYankeeFan http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47572 OnceIWasAYankeeFan Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:44:42 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47572 So let's say that the Yankees do some major roster overhaul this winter. Come spring you crunch some numbers and determine that you believe this is a 95 win juggernaut. Come the regular season, Robbie Cano doesn't bounce back. Damon calcifies before your very eyes. Matsui injures both knees and Nady reverts to the mediocrity he's always been. A-Rod is committed to a mental institution after hearing coded messages in Madonna's latest hit single "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (You Suck In October Remix)". In short, this 95 win juggernaut turns out to be an 82 win mess. And you're going to lay all of the blame on Cashman? How exactly does a GM control how a team plays in a given year? In the final analysis, isn't that out of his hands? Jeez, no one wanted to crucify Theo after 2006. Rational fans recognized that certain things were beyond his control.

So let’s say that the Yankees do some major roster overhaul this winter. Come spring you crunch some numbers and determine that you believe this is a 95 win juggernaut.

Come the regular season, Robbie Cano doesn’t bounce back. Damon calcifies before your very eyes. Matsui injures both knees and Nady reverts to the mediocrity he’s always been. A-Rod is committed to a mental institution after hearing coded messages in Madonna’s latest hit single “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (You Suck In October Remix)”.

In short, this 95 win juggernaut turns out to be an 82 win mess.

And you’re going to lay all of the blame on Cashman?

How exactly does a GM control how a team plays in a given year? In the final analysis, isn’t that out of his hands? Jeez, no one wanted to crucify Theo after 2006. Rational fans recognized that certain things were beyond his control.

]]> By: Steve Lombardi http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47571 Steve Lombardi Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:53:33 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47571 What would it take? A team that is soundly constructed in terms of both pitching and offense, plays well, wins in the regular season and the post-season, and a ledger free of terrible signings and trades.

What would it take?

A team that is soundly constructed in terms of both pitching and offense, plays well, wins in the regular season and the post-season, and a ledger free of terrible signings and trades.

]]> By: mehmattski http://waswatching.com/2008/10/01/why-cashman-came-back/comment-page-1/#comment-47570 mehmattski Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:39:05 +0000 http://waswatching.com/?p=7631#comment-47570 Did it seem as though he was speaking right to you, Steve? :-) By what measure will you judge this new contract? From what I know of your perspective, it's unlikely you'll settle for regular season success. So, will one World Series appearance make the next three years a success? Or do they have to win it all, at least once? Or is it more? I'd like to know what it would take, in the next three years, for you to re-write the end of the Cashman Story.

Did it seem as though he was speaking right to you, Steve?

:-)

By what measure will you judge this new contract? From what I know of your perspective, it’s unlikely you’ll settle for regular season success. So, will one World Series appearance make the next three years a success? Or do they have to win it all, at least once? Or is it more?

I’d like to know what it would take, in the next three years, for you to re-write the end of the Cashman Story.

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