Yankees Notebook: Yankees Call the Shots on a Homer Promotion

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Cashman: Answers Are Right Here
Published 7/5/2008 by Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com
Via the Times - More than once lately, Johnny Damon has expressed concern that the Yankees could become sellers instead of buyers if they do not improve before the July 31 trading deadline. Asked about that concern on Friday, General Manager Brian Cashman said: “We’re trying to find a way to get this thing to where it needs to be, which is a postseason berth. That’s the mind-set.” Even so, the Yankees are content to let the C. C. Sabathia sweepstakes go on without them. They have not been serious about Sabathia, the Cleveland ...

Yanks figure to do nothing
Published 7/6/2008 by Mark Serio (noreply@blogger.com) at BASEBALL HOT CORNER
... Noteworthy trends? "What the Yankees have is a lineup that shrinks in the clutch. (for more on shrinkage check the Seinfeld reruns.) The Yankees hit .293 with runners in scoring position last season but this year are at .256." "Cashman and Long said the statistic was a fluke."--NY Times. Here's some more flukeage from Was Watching: ...