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May 01, 2007
And, Then There Were Three?
Looks like, Brian Cashman, Don Zimmer and I agree: Blame Cashman.
Here's the Z-man, via the Post today:
General manager Brian Cashman says if you are looking to blame somebody for the Yankees being in last place and 61/2 games behind the Red Sox, he is your guy.
And Don Zimmer agrees with him.
“To me, Cashman is the problem,” Zimmer said yesterday without going into detail. “Four or five years ago, we were in the coaches’ room and talking about the club and he said, ‘Anybody can manage this team.’ Well, let him manage that team now with all those injuries.”
If Cashman really said that...I'm starting to smell a power struggle in Yankeeland on who's going to take the hit for the state of the Yankees - should they continue to struggle over the next two weeks.
It will be the Teflon Torre against the Scrappy Cashman. I can't see Cashman going alone. If anything, it will be Torre alone - maybe both Torre and Cash. But, not just Brian. Shame...because...as much as Torre should go for past issues...this time it's all Cashman.
Me, Zim and Cash can't be wrong, right?
Posted by Steve Lombardi at May 1, 2007 09:20 AM
Comments
I posted this same thing on another board in response:
Zimmer is biased. People who played baseball only want to see others who played the game to work in the game.
Not that I think Cashman's done a great job lately.
We also have 139 games to go.
Posted by: The Sporting Brews ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.waswatching.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 1, 2007 09:42 AM
It's time for Zim to quietly go away and pick another Daily Double at OTB.
His biases are so tranparent to make everything he says irrelevant.
I'm sure next he thinks Bernie should be brought back on a 4 year deal.
Posted by: Santino53 at May 1, 2007 09:57 AM
Ha, ha, ha. Zimmer is so full of shit. I love Zim -- and I never knew how much I'd miss him -- but he's full of it. If Cashman thought "anyone could manage this team," then why did Cashman go to bat for Torre? Why not just hire Girardi or Mattingly or even Pena to replace him? Cashman actually seems to like Torre -- maybe to the point of not being objective about him.
Posted by: baileywalk at May 1, 2007 10:57 AM
Actually, Zimmer should be most angry at Torre. Sure, George shorted him the cash he wanted to continue to bench coach for "4 rings" (when they say it's respect they mean it's the money...a lot of it to cover his racetrack losses at Hank Steinbrenner's Tampa course) and Cashman probably thought he was a goofball, but Torre is the one who took all of his insight and tactical advice over the years and never really gave him proper credit. To this day, Torre's lauded for his "hunches." Those have been few and far between since 2003, wouldn't you say?
Posted by: JohnnyC at May 1, 2007 11:18 AM
Heck, Johnny, I was saying that about Zimmer two years ago:
http://www.waswatching.com/archives/2005/06/don_zimmer_fact.html
Posted by: Steve Lombardi at May 1, 2007 11:34 AM
Someone should knock that fat-ass on his butt.
Posted by: pedro martinez at May 1, 2007 01:16 PM
when cashman built this team, he did so knowing that this could be a down year. after all, he did trade sheffield, johnson and wright for prospects. with that said, in one offseason, this team completely reloaded, with a decent shot at another couple years of dominance. as much as it would hurt to miss the playoffs for the first time since i was in 5th grade, i would much prefer one octoberless year now, rather than many in the future.
Posted by: adam at May 1, 2007 06:32 PM