December 6, 2011

Quotes of the Day

Via Bronx Banter, Brian Cashman talks about the complexity of making deals today:

“It’s just hard to find a match — and it feels like it’s harder now than ever,” Cashman said. “You don’t see those old-school 7 to 11-player deals; you don’t see stuff like that anymore. I think people are smarter and therefore more careful. This isn’t the old seat-of-the-pants, get drunk in the lobby and write names on the napkin. People don’t conduct business that way any more.”

As a bonus, Cashman also says why he isn’t making trades right now:

“It’s, ‘Hey, take my older, expensive, over-the-hill guy for your young, better-performing guy.’ I’m like, ‘Let me think about that and get back to you.’ ”

Note that the above quote was the way the Yankees operated during the 1980s when George Steinbrenner had too much influence over the baseball operations. That was a bit of a lost decade for the team.

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