Yankees need some new blood in front office

WasWatching.com found this 10/8/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

There’s somehing to be said for the Yankee way. But here’s also something to be said for getting some new ideas in. Since George Steinbrenner, Yanks have always been a bit, well, dysfunctional in the front office. But at the same time, George in his heyday would put the best voices out there on the payroll. Nowadays, not so much. I don’t have high hopes for this team’s future, since we’re faced with three more years of Brian Cashman. I’m still steamed about ... [link]

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Swan: Yanks Front Office Needs New Blood
Published 10/8/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Lisa Swan tells it like it is. Ah… Love U More @ Yahoo! Video

Yankees Notes and Quotes
Published 10/9/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Cash got his power, he got his full autonomy, and by any objective standard, it has been a complete and utter failure, even if he did say that “I don’t necessarily see this has gone awry.” --NY Daily News/Subway Squakers (Technical problem setting up link.) Cash needs to get his stories straight--good luck with that--in the meantime it appears, it's time for a new plan. ...

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