Dear Mr. Cashman: All of baseball is waiting for you to make your move... so own it.

Dear Madam or Sir,

Yesterday, I wrote a brilliant, 300-word manifesto on how the Yankees' first move this off-season will unleash a string of follow-ups within the Death Barge lineup. 

Frankly, I undersold it. 

Today, all of baseball waits to see what the Yankee brain trust - (that's you) - will do to solve the team's autumnal disfunction. (That is, being done by Oct. 3.)  

Your upcoming first move - to acquire a SS, CF, 1B, whatever  - could become the icebreaker for which all of MLB is awaiting. And you must make it. There is no reason to let any other team dictate the future of the Yankees... and, potentially, your legacy.

Sir, it's high time - as Shakespeare would say - to screw ye'r shaven chin unto the sticky chair... to lay ye'r bony chisel to the measuring dander... to jam ye'r merry cod into the barker, 'til the dawn craps her seed o'er the chattering hills of Donner! 

I'm not telling you who to sign, who to trade for, or who to banish unto the unkindled disco goblins of Milwaukee. 

But it's time to show courage... guts... Boraxo. You want Sterling Marte? Then make him an offer. You want Matt Olson? Bundle up the farm system and make the call to Oakland. Freddie Freeman? There's a number that makes him a Yankee. Carlos Correa? The world awaits your move.

Listen: Whatever you do, the Yankee-owned media will cheer it as the work of genius. The rest of us will obsess over the price tag. But good grief, you already know this: Wild-eyed critics come with the job. (Quick question: Did you ever get my death threats?)

If the Yankees don't win next year - I'm thinking world championship, but right now, I'd take a divisional crown -I hope you do the right thing and let somebody else run the team. (I'd want you to stay with the franchise in some capacity - we always need ticket-takers - you've had a long run, but, hey, nothing lasts forever.) 

And you need to make the first move. In the past, when the Yankees let other teams go first, we paid the price. Remember when Joggy Cano left for Seattle? The Yankees reacted by signing Jacoby Ellsbury. Remember when Boston signed Dice-K? We countered with Kei Igawa. When other teams dictate our future, we end up with Pronk and Lyle Overbay. 

And we deserve them, because we didn't have the guts to get the players we wanted. 

Sir... clamp ye'r time burger to the jujumaker's bevel!

Whatever you do, you will be remembered for this. So, get the guy you want, and let the rest of the world react.