More - Brian Cashman Quotes

Bernie knows he's here to help us any way that he can. He's helping us with the bat, but he also knows that this time of year, it's all hands on deck. Bernie is the ultimate team guy.

Brian Cashman

 

Everybody's just different. Sheff [ Gary Sheffield ] took no more than two months. [Mike] Mussina took about three months. Roger took a year and the first two months of the next season. Alex [Rodriguez] took most of last season, but in the second half he took off for us.

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It's not my style to qualify where we are throughout the process, ... We'll keep talking until we get it done or not.

Brian Cashman

 Style

I've been keeping up with everything, ... I can multitask. You have to, or you lose ground. I've been busy communicating with clubs and player agents.

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This is my ninth year as general manager and, when you find players who can perform on the big stage in New York, it makes it that much more important to retain those players.

Brian Cashman

 

I know Hideki wanted to stay and we wanted to keep him, and that created a great environment for us to get it done. Thankfully, we got it done with a few hours to spare.

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 Environment

He provides a lot of interest from Japan. What generally sells -- because we?re a business -- is team and winning,

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 Business

There is a business side that comes along with us because of his status. That?s certainly a factor in this.

Brian Cashman

 Business

With the offensive lineup that we have, you can afford that, to squeeze something like that in, ... If you can get a fly-ball catcher to hold the fort and support the pitching staff, you won?t be doing yourself an injustice.

Brian Cashman

 

It's too early in the process to say, but it's possible. I can't tell you if it's probable or not, because it's only Nov. 16. We have an in-house guy that is a fly-ball catcher at the very least. With the offensive lineup we have, we can afford that.

Brian Cashman