Brian Cashman is a Terrible, Terrible General Manager
The Big Lead —
... to have this job and fuck it up is just appalling, the kind of gross disrespect for our own good fortune that makes it hard for us Americans to look the Third World in the eye. What Brian Cashman has accomplished as GM of the Yankees over the past few years, in turning a perennial World Series champ into a third-place also-ran, is like walking into a backstage party for Led Zeppelin with a two-pound bag of coke and a 28-inch penis and failing for a whole night to get laid.” (Men’s Journal) ...
Brian Cashman = Why Yankees Suck
The Big Flapjack —
... it up is just appalling, the kind of gross disrespect for our own good fortune that makes it hard for us Americans to look the Third World in the eye. What Brian Cashman has accomplished as GM of the Yankees over the past few years, in turning a perennial World Series champ into a third-place also-ran, is like walking into a backstage party for Led Zeppelin with a two-pound bag of coke and a 28-inch penis and failing for a whole night to get laid. Read the whole article here ...
Matt Taibbi really hates Brian Cashman
The Hardball Times —
Given the heat seeking missile that Matt Taibbi sends up Brian Cashman's rear with this article in the May issue of Men's Journal, I can only assume that Cashman ran over Taibbi's dog and slept with his wife. Or vice-versa. Or maybe he had a threesome with them and then ran them both over: ...
A nice write-up about the Yankees GM
Diamond Hoggers —
... Men's Journal did a really nice story on Yankee's General Manager Brian Cashman. Here's an excerpt: ...
Taibbi: Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Taibbi: Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant Gambler. Thief. Junkie. Killer. General Manager. At least there’s no more of that ######## this season. Last year at this time, Cashman made one of his few Machiavellian political mistakes by publicly opposing a high-priced trade for Johan Santana and instead hitching his career wagon to a youth movement led by Hughes, Ian Kennedy, and Robby Cano. Hughes-Kennedy went 0-93 for the season, and Cano spent half the year being the slow half of a double-play combination that included Derek Jeter, who these days practically needs a walker to ...
Taibbi: Brian Cashman, The Bad Lieutenant
WasWatching.com —
Matt Taibbi, over at the Men’s Journal, offers an opinion on Yankees G.M. Brian Cashman. (Hat tip to BBTF). Here’s some highlights of what Taibbi had to say:
Because objectively speaking, the job of New York Yankees general manager should be the single most failure-proof position not only in sports but in all of human society. Giving a normal, red-blooded, pattern-baldness-suffering American male access to the Steinbrenner fortune and asking him to buy 25 baseball players a year in an unregulated market is no different, in any ...
What Not to Wear, Starring Brian Cashman
The Sporting Blog —
... In case you were wondering, that premiere (regular season) Saturday matinee at the new Yankee Stadium didn't get much better after Cleveland's 14-run second inning. The Indians ended up with a 22-4 win, with New York's rotation bordering on shambles. But the problems, obviously, existed before Saturday and will exist beyond this weekend. For that, Matt Taibbi (writing for Men's Journal blames Brian Cashman in an acid-laden column on the matter. ...
Brian Cashman Bashed in Men's Journal: Agree or Disagree?
The Legend of Cecilio Guante —
... And I must admit, after a few lines the piece had succeeded in soliciting a few genuine chuckles from his self-professed and unabashed Yankees hater. However, we'll leave it you LCG readers to rea ...
Which Team's Fans Have The Most Trouble With Erectile Dysfunction? [Ten Humans]
Deadspin —
... write, sure, I guess, though I think people are just desperate for someone writing about politics somewhere other than a blog to say the words "puke," "dildo" and "retarded." But mostly, honestly, I find him, in the wake of this economic clusterphooey, to be the opposite side of Glenn Beck, stirring up mock populist outrage for the sake of empty rhetoric. (To be sure, Taibbi's empty rhetoric is more entertaining, and considerably more sane, empty rhetoric.) Take, for example, Taibbi's enjoyable but shockingly dunderheaded column for Men's Journal about Brian Cashman, ...
Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant
SportsFilter —
Brian Cashman: The Bad Lieutenant : Matt Taibbi rips Cashman as only Taibbi can: They all made a show of preferring some other situation before quietly, somberly almost, taking the big money and going to New York. Basically, Brian Cashman hired a team full of Brian Cashmans, i.e., guys who passed up the girl they really liked to marry the Boss's bucktoothed, cross-eyed daughter. ...
Three-Man Booth
Cursed To First - Sox and Pats forever. —
... with a brief soliloquy breaking down the pitchers' strategy against 'Tek. "That's the book on Jason, just try to crowd him, because he's so strong that if he gets his hands extended, he can do some damage." Yankees fans chant what sounds like "Asshole" at the Captain before he grounds out to end the half-inning. If we can't have the Rem-Dawg, this is the next best thing. P.S. If you haven't gotten your full RDA of Yankees-hatin' today, check out this blistering piece on Brian Cashman by Matt Taibi. ...
Astros Off Day News and Links
The Crawfish Boxes —
... Easiest job in baseball? No, it's not the pennant hanger at Wrigley Field. It's the GM of the New York Yankees, or so says one guy. Before reading, realize this writer is a Red Sox fan, and seems to miss the mark on a number of his points. ...
MLB Postseason Preview: New York Yankees [Mlb]
Deadspin —
... At the beginning of the season, there was hope that this would be the year the Yankees' greed and inflated self-importance would finally be deflated, prey to age, PEDs, karma, Matt Taibbi's typically overexcited fingers. And there was something fitting about it, a gluttonous empire finally taken down by choking on its own bullshit. But, alas, that wasn't the Yankees; that was the Cowboys. I leave it up to you to decide whose downfall would be more satisfying. True life doesn't conform to Macbeth. Sometimes the most powerful win. Sometimes you don't even hate them for it. But ...
If Theo’s so smart, why did he break up the 2004 Sox?
River Avenue Blues —
... , Manny Ramirez, and Pedro Martinez are the only members of the 2004 Red Sox currently in the playoffs. All three have already made big contributions to their teams’ LCS chances. Manny hit a two-run homer to bring the Dodgers to within one on Thursday, Pedro pitched a gem on Friday, and Damon went 2 for 5 and scored both times. The rest of the 04 Red Sox? At home. The 09 Red Sox? At home. Maybe this guy can write an article about Theo. ...
