tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post4365623597563523051..comments2023-10-28T08:31:25.462-04:00Comments on Subway Squawkers - A Yankees-Mets Rivalry Blog: How Brian Cashman cost the Yankees the pennantSubway Squawkershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04156896665605326549noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-90097841029819282212010-10-25T18:33:45.292-04:002010-10-25T18:33:45.292-04:00Brain Cashman is the most overrated GM in baseball...Brain Cashman is the most overrated GM in baseball. He simply runs his office by way of deep pockets from the Yankees. When the Yankees were most dominant (1996-2001) winning four World Series in six years, he did little in building that team which was built on players from their system (Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte...to name a few) and players they made great trades for (Scott Brosius, Paul O'Neill and Tino Martinez). Cashman took over the GM duties in the middle of this great team and destroyed the makeup of the Club with foolish acquisitions of Alex Rodriguez, Roger Clemens, Jason Giambi, Javier Vasquez...to name a few). A true GM is one who studies the makeup of his club and can create a winner without spending the most money. He goes about his duties like a kid with the biggest payroll and outbids for the top free agent or trading for big names and paying them with big contract extensions. If he were the GM of any of the other clubs in the 2010 postseason (Rays, Rangers, Twins, Phillies, Braves, Reds or Giants) he would never have had any success and those teams wouldn't even have made the postseason. <br />JMJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114245383958442973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-77608363156707994282010-10-25T07:21:11.714-04:002010-10-25T07:21:11.714-04:00"The Yankees would have been better off this ..."The Yankees would have been better off this postseason with Johnny Damon or Hideki Matsui at DH."<br /><br />Flat out disagree. <br /><br />The Yankees would have been better off in the postseason with the 2009 iterations of Damon or Matsui. <br /><br />Both of those guys had career down years in 2010, though. Who's to say they would have been helpful in the playoffs?Matt Wardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15977973579882166975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-22100405998894447442010-10-24T14:19:52.438-04:002010-10-24T14:19:52.438-04:00No, Jonmouk. Gloating is a privilege, not a right...No, Jonmouk. Gloating is a privilege, not a right. A team that loses 89 games and hasn't won a Pennant in 10 years or a World Series in 24 loses its gloating privileges over a team whose failures would have more than acceptable in exchange for what their own team did.<br /><br />After all, the last time the Mets got that close, the Yanks were awful in their own Playoff series, but it had only been 3 years since a Pennant and 6 since a ring. And it wasn't just the 2nd ring, and it wasn't over just any opponent. Huge difference. A Met fan gloating over the Yankees' 2010 ALCS loss would be like a Nets fan gloating over a Playoff failure by the Knicks.Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-13181606699416529962010-10-23T22:28:45.264-04:002010-10-23T22:28:45.264-04:00Girardi reaching for Robertson once again instead ...Girardi reaching for Robertson once again instead of Wood (the obvious choice) reminded me of Bob Lemon continually going to George Frazier for three losses in the 1981 World Series.....Met fans have a right to gloat - we certainly did when Beltran stood like a statue, two straight years of meltdowns for the division title and the last two years of Jerry, Omar, Ollie, etc. Let them have their fun. Still like our chances in 2011 much better than theirs....Jonmouk71https://www.blogger.com/profile/15689660857472257747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624254435992330014.post-36726510235336094612010-10-23T20:14:20.718-04:002010-10-23T20:14:20.718-04:00Everything you said about Girardi is true, Jon. E...Everything you said about Girardi is true, Jon. Except for one thing.<br /><br />The uniform number. Maybe if George was still around, it would get heavy. But it won't.<br /><br />Besides, by that definition, the new Met manager will have to wear Number 3.<br /><br />See, I can still talk trash. After all, what Met fan wouldn't have given a tooth to have stunk up the LCS that badly -- compared to what his team actually did this season?Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11618876073064128027noreply@blogger.com