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
happy seemed spirits wants
His spirits are up. He seemed happy and he wants to get going.
diagnosis prepared time trying
I'm not prepared to say a diagnosis other than he tweaked his back and had some stiffness. I'm not trying to be evasive, but at the same time I don't want to say that there is something specific.
felt glad taking
He just felt stiff, so we're taking it day to day with him. I'm glad he said something.
gets great hurdles september
If he gets through all that, September is very realistic. He's come a long way and has some hurdles to clear, but it would be great to get him back.
balancing committed help ready team usa wants
He wants to help that USA team win, but he's also committed to being ready for us at the same time. It's one of those balancing acts.
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.
expectation happened performed
He hasn't performed to his expectation or ours, but that's not something that hasn't happened before, either.
everywhere obviously
He has been young everywhere we've put him. He's obviously very talented.
boss heart soft spot
The Boss has always had a soft spot in his heart for Bernie Williams.
happened help limited obviously ok stay team
It happened there. Right now, he's OK to stay out there and try and help the U.S. team obviously in a limited way now.
direction push reason time together took
It took us a long time for some reason to get together and push in the right direction,
difficult family knows prayers time whatever
He knows whatever time he needs, he should take. Our prayers are with him. His family is going through a very difficult time right now.
expressing gives glad guys mike opinion run
I'm glad that Mike has got an opinion and is expressing it because it gives you guys a lot more to run with than I've been providing.
add baseball best coaches good people phone reputation
I made the phone call. He's one of the best baseball people in the game. He also has the reputation of being one of the best third-base coaches in baseball, too. That's a pretty good combination to add to your staff.