Yankees Notebook: Cashman Under Fire as Yankees Struggle

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Baseball Today: Thursday, May 14
Published 5/15/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... one night things were back to normal as Mike Mussina pitched the Yankees to victory over the Tampa Bay upstarts. (New York Daily News) Since it came after a) Hank Steinbrenner had called them out and b) Joe Girardi held a closed-door meeting before the game, many will credit the brass for "motivating" the players out of their slump. But a postgame clubhouse poll by Peter Abraham indicates otherwise. (LoHud Yankees Blog) THE HOT SEAT: It's where Brian Cashman is sitting these days. (New York Times) Don't believe it? Listen to Hank ...

Hank Being Hank
Published 5/15/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Jason) at It is about the money, stupid
I'm honestly not sure what to make of Hank Steinbrenner. Does he take himself seriously? Should we? So far, he's made some outrageous proclamations this season and has backed down or off completely soon after making them. He makes threats that are simply idle in nature. He talks to seemingly hear himself quoted. If you didn't remember, Cashman's in the final year of his contract. And now, Hank's talking like he's going to have the National Guard scrambled to handle the Yanks and their malaise. Steinbrenner might have made a cryptic reference to Cashman’s future when he said, “If it’s not turned around this year, then it will be turned ...

No one tell Moose it's 2008
Published 5/15/2008 by D&A at NJ.com: Pride of the Yankees
... . If there is one absolute, indisputable fact for this season, it's this: if the Yanks continue to toil around .500 or below into July and August, there will be more and more reading about Brian Cashman 's ...

Bronx Banter: The Sorrow and the Pity
Published 5/16/2008 at Baseball Toaster
Ian Kennedy was filled with big talk before his recent start in Triple A. Last night, he felt there was improvement in his return start for the Yankees but the results were not splendid--five runs in five innings. The Yankee offense, dubbed "the Dead Bat Society" by N.Y. Post writer George King , mustered just two runs as the Rays won the game ( 5-2 ) and the series and sent the uninspired Bronx Bummers into last place. Scott Kazmir , fresh off a three-year extension , got the win. Things aren't much rosier in Queens as the Mets lost an agonizing 1-0 game yesterday afternoon (and three of four to the lowly Washington Nats). Mike Pelfry had a no ...

The Subpar Subway Series and Its Sub Rosa Subplots
Published 5/18/2008 by Jay (noreply@blogger.com) at The Futility Infielder
The Subpar Subway Series and Its Sub Rosa Subplots The great sportswriter Leo Tolstoy once observed that all unhappy teams are unhappy in their own way, and so it was with New York's two baseball teams as this weekend's Subway Series arrived. The series always generates a lot of hype in NYC, but with the two teams dealing with inner turmoil while playing mediocre baseball, this year's showdown arrived on an especially flat note that was further punctuated by Friday night's rainout. From this week's Hit List , here's what I had to say about the #11 Mets (20-19 through Thursday) and the #17 Yankees (20-22): Continuing their middling ways, the Mezzo-Metsos haven't strung ...