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THT Live:Cashman should bolt
Published 4/22/2008 by Bryan Tsao at The Hardball Times
Cashman should bolt by Bryan Tsao April 22, 2008 Ken Rosenthal thinks that Hank Steinbrenner's Yankees don't deserve general manager Brian Cashman , and throws out some teams he could land (Phillies, Nationals, Dodgers) at if he leaves the team after his contract expires at the end of the season. As a baseball fan who loves the organizational side of things, I'm rooting for this to happen because how good a GM Brian Cashman is one of those interesting unanswered questions. Since taking over the team in 1998, he's guided the Yankees to three titles and five AL pennants but ...

FOX: Rosenthal - Baby Boss could cost Yanks their GM
Published 4/22/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
FOX: Rosenthal - Baby Boss could cost Yanks their GM If Cashman wished to stay east, he could replace Phillies GM Pat Gillick, who is expected to retire. Or, Cashman could return to D.C., where he attended Georgetown Prep and Catholic University, if the Nationals chose to replace Jim Bowden. Why, Cashman could even stay in the AL East if the Blue Jays dismissed J.P. Ricciardi, who has two years left on his contract. ... So here’s the question: Is [Frank] Thomas finished? “He looked like he was on rollerblades, sliding all over the box,” says a scout who saw him recently. ...

Cashman's Escape From New YorkRosenthal Says Hank's To Blame
Published 4/22/2008 by Bronx Liaison at Bronx Liaison
... Ken Rosenthal thinks Hank Steinbrenner and his idiotic statements may result in a Brian Cashman exodus from Yankeeland: ...

Rosenthal: Cashman should leave
Published 4/24/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues » River Avenue Blues, A New York Yankees Blog
... Lost in all the hullabaloo over Hank Steinbrenner’s Joba comments was a piece from the tireless Ken Rosenthal. Kenny thinks that Brian Cashman should leave the Yankees after his contract is up this season because Hank Steinbrenner is too aggravating. Besides the fact that Cashman, a 22-year Yankee vet, is fiercely loyal to the Bombers, besides the fact that Hank is just one part of the Hank-and-Hal team leading the Yankees, Rosenthal misses the point. He’s simply validating Steinbrenner’s outbursts while Cashman’s handling of it this week was, in a word, ...

Rangers Quote Of The Week: 4/27 Plus Edition
Published 4/28/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... But if the disruptive presence of Hank Steinbrenner has already driven Cashman to the point where he realizes he will not be back in 2009, it’s not a stretch to think that solidifying a vital position on the big league team might be more important than retaining all of the club’s top prospects. ...