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
diagnosis prepared
I'm not prepared to say the diagnosis other than he tweaked his back. He had some stiffness.
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.
preference prepared took
It took as long as it did for a reason, ... My preference was to stay, but I was prepared to go if I had to.
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.
baseball drama extra guy lived prepared toughest
This guy has already been through the toughest baseball drama you can be part of. He lived through all of the extra scrutiny. He comes in here prepared for all of that.
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.
burned
I've been burned before. But I haven't been burned this year.
bothering small
I could see it was bothering him when he was throwing. Hopefully, it's nothing more than a small episode.
bruise
He has a bruise at the very least. He's playing. He's fine.
knows talked
He knows how we feel. I've talked to (Hendricks).
asset baseball behind experience game managerial plate quality
He's a real quality baseball man. He's been a big asset for us this year. I know he hasn't had any managerial experience but he's managed the game behind the plate for so many years that I think it makes up for a lot.
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.
decides interested otherwise report retired
Nothing to report on him, he is retired and he will let us know if he decides otherwise -- if he is interested in us, of course.
except heck help kenny respect swings takes team whatever
I respect the heck out of Kenny because he swings for the fences. He will do whatever it takes to help his team win, except cheat.