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Re: How Can You Be So Proud? (Re: THE YANKEES ARE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!) |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Fri Nov 6 12:00:04 2009, in response to Re: How Can You Be So Proud? (Re: THE YANKEES ARE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!), posted by Grand Concourse on Fri Nov 6 11:40:27 2009. Silly. You always look like a genius when you win and a doofus when you don't. Cashman is no genius; hd has so much money at his disposal, he can use the "throw it at the wall and hope it sticks" method of player acquisition. Of course, the Yankees have so much money that they can afford to make huge money mistakes that would cripple other teams.Tell me, was Cashman a genius when he traded for or signed these guys? Randy Johnson Carl Pavano Jaret Wright Kevin Brown Kyle Farnsworth Sidney Ponson Kei Igawa Gary Sheffield Jason Giambi Rondell White Raul Mondesi Cory Lidle Ruben Sierra Kenny Lofton and a host of others from 2001 through this year? Of course not - he didn't win. The non-Pinstriped truth (that is, the truth in the real world) is that on any other ballclub, Cashman would have lost his GM job long long ago for spending the money he spent on stiffs like Pavano and Igawa and not winning a thing. Don't call Cashman a genius. A genius is someone who can win a title with a $50 million payroll like the '03 Marlins. Not someone who's spent a billion-and-a-half dollars in seven years and got one title. |
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