Yankees Notebook: Cashman Takes Blame for ‘Brutal Baseball’

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Yankees Notebook: Cashman Takes Blame for ‘Brutal Baseball’
BASEBALL HOT CORNER found this 8/28/2008 on www.nytimes.com [flag]
Brian Cashman, the Yankees’ general manager, took full responsibility for the Yankees’ disappointing season and defended Manager Joe Girardi and Kevin Long, the hitting coach. > [link]

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Published 8/28/2008 by Mark Serio (munsoned1@yahoo.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Brian Cashman hits the nail on the head: "I’ve put together a club that is where it’s at, and I’m responsible for that.” "We haven't performed," Cashman said. "We're not getting what we need to from everybody that we expected. If I knew why, then I would have fixed it. ...

How the Yankees are like cake: sometimes a sliver is just good enough
Published 8/29/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... for the team's generally disappointing season . To us, that looks like he wants to take some heat off the coaching staff, which is perhaps an indication that he likes how it's comprised and would like it to remain in place if he comes back next season. Ken Davidoff explains that ...

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