News item: "Brian Cashman Sends Strong Message on Storyline Around 2026 Yankees": https://heavy.com/sports/mlb/new-york-yankees/brian-cashman-storyline-urgency/
Ah, what a difference a week makes! Or even a day!
"Cashman pushed back on the narrative that the Yankees are playing with more urgency to win in 2026 despite their stellar 26-12 26-15 26-16 start.
"I know there's this narrative that all of a sudden we woke up and smelled the coffee," Cashman told the Sports Section Formerly Known As The New York Times's. "[That] We know it's a must-win year—that we're making roster moves that reflect that, and we've almost found a different gear. None of that is true."
It is a little known fact that Cashman is only the latest in a long line of littérateurs who have run the New York Yankees.
Many think of the individuals who have guided the Yankees over the last century as merely baseball men who built dynasties that lasted for decades, dominated baseball as no other franchise in any other sport ever has, established a legacy of winning and class, and built a cathedral of a ballpark to house record numbers of fans.
But that doesn't mean they were not also distinguished men of letters.
It was none other than Jacob Ruppert, for instance, who first proclaimed, "The author is dead," while his general manager, Ed Barrow, defined the idea of "the unreliable narrator."
It was Barrow's successor, George Weiss, who came up with the idea of "the nonfiction novel," and Gabriel Garcia Paul who conceived of "magical realism," saying, "How else to explain George Steinbrenner and Billy Martin?"
Gene Michael, Bob Watson, and Buck Showalter were considered to be adherents of "Parnassianism," the French literary movement "that strove for exact and faultless workmanship"...which was declared literary heresy once it was thought to cut into Steinbrennerian profit margins.
As for Cashman's pushing back on the narrative:
"We are acting the same way as we did in years gone by," he insisted. "...I don't feel like there's anything different right now."
Hey, when the man's right, he's right.
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2026 Yankees are 1-8 against teams with a better than .500 win/loss %. That's the only record that matters. They're a mediocre team, with good starting putching, Aaron Judge and not much else.
Volpe's back, in case you had a flicker of regard for this roster.
Severely challenged offense, with all those .160 hitters. They're doing better than I expected. I thought maybe Grisham would hit well under .100.
And severely challenged bullpen too. Although when they move one (or two) of their starters into the bullpen, plus bring up both Elmer Rodriguez and Carlos Lagrange, that should help the bullpen. But the offense is really killing them. Have to score a goddamned run to win a game. And most games, it'll take at least four runs to win if your pitching is 3.00 ERA.
Oh. Thank. Goodness.
I do not think that the collective we of this IIHIIFIIC community could have tolerated another week without the Golden Child of Parmigiana.
Flame on 🔥 true believers.
The future is now ours.
Hee-hee! That's pretty damned funny, AA.
I have never heard of any team—not even recent Yankees teams—having so many players have to get so many tests, x-rays, CT-scans, etc., for so many basic injuries.
We gotta get better witch doctors.
Which better witch doctors? 🧙♀️
Cause the great ca$hole-io ain't going before the accountant/owner.
Confirmed Volpe return means Caballero’s finger injury is worse than reported
Apparently it’s ractured.
Which is like fractured, only it implies worse hitting will follow.
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