222 Quotes by Brian Cashman

George Steinbrenner owns this club, has a big investment in it, and he cares passionately about it. That is sometimes reflected in his comments. But Joe Torre gets paid to make these decisions. Some work out and some don't.

We're getting closer to something we're comfortable with.

This one gained steam rather quickly. This deal started probably about 10:30 or 11 o'clock,

If he has interest in us, we'll discuss it.

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.

We didn't hit with runners in scoring position. That's going to happen. If we did, our record obviously would be better. There's not much to judge from six games. We know we've got our work cut out for us.

If he gets through all that, September is very realistic. He's come a long way and has some hurdles to clear, but it would be great to get him back.

We'll see what they can give us. It was a chance to add to our inventory and there's no risk.

I felt that, all things being equal, he'd go back to Boston. As the process went about, reading the newspapers, seeing that their offer was at three or four years, I thought, 'I have to personally talk to Johnny myself.' I thought we had to bring this to a halt, not let this drag out.