Comments on: Rosenthal: Cashman should leave

By: mustang

mustang — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:01:12 +0000

Agreeing. Sorry grammar guy wherever you’re at.

By: mustang

mustang — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:55:56 +0000

“Despite his flaws as GM, Cashman is and will remain the right man for the job.”
I agree again.
Ok, this has to stop how can we have any fun here if we start agree on everything. LOL

By: RustyJohn

RustyJohn — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:32:01 +0000

Yes, I could see how having Hank speak out would immediately make Cash bolt from the Yankees to greener pastures (like the Pirates). One, Hank’s power is nowhere near absolute and if Cash can deal with Papa Boss for all these years, Hank is nothing. It is like having Caligula for a boss and then working for Jimmy Carter.

Two, does Rosenthal even track the team? Who will replace Joba in the pen? Well it won’t be Hawkins or Farnsworth, but there are a couple of guys named Bruney and Ohllie in the pen who are capable as well as 2 or 3 guys in AAA who would be just fine- this belief that anything short of The Nasty Boys in the pen is an abject failure is perplexing and we get back to the same old argument of Joba in the pen vs. starting which is really a stupid argument on so many levels.

This team will do just swell if two of our starters can make it through 4 innings- is there an official “Call up Rasner” clock if kennedy doesn’t get his shit straight?

When Rosenthal was exclusively with the SPorting News his reporting seemed much better, but in recent years he is sliding into Lupica territory- call it short man’s syndrome.

By: sundstrom

sundstrom — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:41:32 +0000

i love it that people don’t realize that cashman, trost & levine run the team and hank and hal are happy to let them do it.

hank is playing the role that is suitable.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:35:29 +0000

I dont believe he is that bad and I dont necessarily think he need handling. And Im not even saying Cashman should go but if he does I could think of worse things. I dont understand why Oppenhimer cant focus on the draft if he is GM. I hope Cashman is concentrating on it to an extent at this point.

By: Steve S

Steve S — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:33:01 +0000

sorry damon oppenheimer, jesus

By: rbizzler

rbizzler — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:01:34 +0000

I agree MD, and contrary to the media’s portrayal, when has Hank actually ordered something to be done? Hank/Hal stand in contrast to their father, who ordered all sorts of terrible baseball decisions.

By: rbizzler

rbizzler — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:55:43 +0000

I agree Ben, it does seem to come from left field. Until you consider the large amount of Hank hate that has been brewing since the offseason. The media seems to have some problem with Hank (although they should love his loquaciousness), and several of them (Stark and Tim Brown @ yahoo) have taken his ‘only an idiot’ comment personally.

The media loves to predict the downfall of the Yankees and they would thoroughly enjoy it if Hank started acting irrationally. This piece by Rosenthal is just another shot at Hank, plain and simple.

By: MD

MD — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:39:05 +0000

working for Hank gives Cash a lot more juice than working for George…..and since when did we expect the owner of the Yanks to not be opinionated…..and by the way, George’s opinions were’nt always on target either…..Hank is not as demeaning in his outbursts….I imagine Cash understands the big picture better than the scribes trying to paint this as a crisis………..who would you rather work for, Hank or George???? and who out there has a boss who isn’t a pain in the ass sometimes…..it is in the job description, check it out…..

By: swo

swo — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:30:33 +0000

It’s sad that those are the kind of people that ESPN hire as their analysts. A moron like him gets plenty of air time, while a guy like Keith Law, who actually has some insightful things to say, is lucky to get a 2-minute guest appearance on Sportscenter. It’s a shame.

I’m also confused as to why all these writers are making such a big deal out of the candy thing. Yeah, it’s funny, but the candy was banned from the clubhouse in the beginning of the season. Why is it all over the sports world more than 3 weeks after the fact?

Strange how stories go unnoticed at one time but stick another time. I’ll never understand the way the media works.