[新聞] Cashman Stands Alone but in Control

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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/sports/baseball/21yankees.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin

Cashman Stands Alone but in Control
By TYLER KEPNER
Published: October 21, 2007

When Joe Torre scanned the room at Legends Field on Thursday, in the meeting
that would end his 12-year tenure as the Yankees’ manager, he said he felt
no warmth.
老托離開傳奇球場感受不到溫暖

“I looked around and I saw business people, people who are very successful
and are looking to continue that success,” Torre said Friday. “I may be a
little unusual, I don’t know. But this game is very personal for me.”
他說 只看到生意人

Of the seven others in the room in Tampa, Fla., Torre named only one as an
ally, a friend. It was Brian Cashman, the general manager, and by turning
down the Yankees’ one-year contract offer, Torre broke his bond not only
with the team, but with Cashman.
裡面只有現金人支持他

Had Torre accepted, he and Cashman would have continued to rise and fall
together in the eyes of the team’s principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and
his family. Each would have been signed only through 2008. Now Torre is gone,
and Cashman is coordinating the search for a replacement whose contract
almost certainly will run longer than his.
現金人的合約到2008

“When I first started, I took a nonguaranteed, handshake deal with George
Steinbrenner in 1998, and I’ve already worked once or twice after the
expiration of my contact,” Cashman said. “So I have no problem entering my
final year, no issue with that whatsoever.”
他從1998年開始當洋基隊的GM

In the last two months, the three general managers with the longest tenure —
 John Schuerholz of Atlanta, Terry Ryan of Minnesota and Walt Jocketty of St.
Louis — have left their jobs. Cashman now ranks fourth in seniority, behind
Kevin Towers of San Diego, Brian Sabean of San Francisco and Billy Beane of
Oakland.
現金人現在是任期第四長的GM

The Yankees have won three titles since Cashman replaced Bob Watson in
February 1998. Cashman’s staying power has been impressive. He has not yet
been fired and has not grown too tired to continue.
還沒被火

“You can’t keep doing this job forever in this day and age,” said
Schuerholz, who stepped aside this month to become president of the Braves. “
Probably in the ’50s or ’60s or ’70s or ’80s you could, but you can’t
now.”
前輩說 這工作現在很難幹

When Schuerholz became the Kansas City Royals’ general manager in 1981, his
mentor, the longtime general manager Harry Dalton, told him, “Nobody can
have this job for more than 10 years now because of the extraordinary amount
of pressure.”
前輩說 這工作很難做超過10年 因為壓力特大

Dalton, Schuerholz said, was one of the smartest men he has known. But even
he could not have envisioned how much tougher the job would become, with the
nine-figure payrolls and increased scrutiny from an ever-expanding news media.
現在更難 因為九位數的預算 還有媒體監督

“It’s a great job, an exhilarating job and a wonderful job, most definitely,
” Schuerholz said. “But there’s a lot of empirical data that shows that
the focus and the light and the heat is turned up far higher than it’s ever
been. That’s not going to run off the good, smart, hard-working G.M.’s, but
it does take its toll.”
前輩繼續說GM難為

Cashman faced his greatest professional crisis two years ago, at the end of
his previous contract. Beyond the usual demands of the job, he was concerned
about the meddling of Steinbrenner and his advisers.
現金人在兩年前面臨生涯最大危機

The Yankees were eliminated by the Angels in the first round, but Cashman
took until the end of the World Series to decide whether he wanted to return.
With other attractive jobs open — including one with his favorite childhood
team, the Los Angeles Dodgers — Cashman accepted a three-year, $5.5 million
contract from the Yankees.
2005年洋基第一輪被天使淘汰現金人合約到期 道奇歡迎他

“I said, ‘We have three years to try to deliver a championship and try to
rebuild the system,’” Cashman said. “I know the system is getting rebuilt.
We’ve still got to work on the championship side of things.”
現金人說要三年時間重建球隊

Steinbrenner said in an interview in May that Cashman was “on a big hook,”
 but his job was never in serious jeopardy.
五月 老闆放話說現金人地位危險

At 77, Steinbrenner is retreating from the team’s day-to-day operations. His
sons, Hank and Hal, have been largely removed from the business for years,
although they have recently taken a more active role. Randy Levine, the team
president, has a background in politics and law. He is responsible for major
contracts, but Cashman handles daily baseball decisions.
77歲的大老闆漸漸不管事 他的兩個兒子漸漸掌權 球隊總裁管合約 現金人管棒球事務

In short, Steinbrenner needs Cashman, perhaps more than ever. Cashman’s plan
to rebuild from within appeals to the Yankees’ business side because the
payroll and luxury-tax penalties the team has incurred will fall as younger
players take over.
老闆需要現金人

Cashman has made costly mistakes, endorsing the signings of Carl Pavano and
Kei Igawa. But Steinbrenner’s sons have continued to trust him, letting
Cashman pass on a trade for Eric Gagne this summer because he insisted on
keeping Ian Kennedy and Melky Cabrera.
現金人犯大錯白花錢 簽了痛痛人和宅慶 但繼續被信任 不簽剛爺保住甘迺迪和小卡布

Cashman was reluctant to publicly support Torre this fall, the way he did
after the Yankees’ 2006 playoff loss. After persuading Steinbrenner not to
fire Torre in 2006, Cashman once again saw the Yankees fall in the first
round. He understood Steinbrenner’s frustration with Torre and thus endorsed
the contract offer of only one year.
現金人像去年一樣繼續支持老托

Steinbrenner, not Cashman, will pick the next manager, a fact Cashman said he
had always understood. Ultimately, Cashman said, his decisions on players
will have the most impact. The Yankees must re-sign Jorge Posada and Mariano
Rivera, and the Alex Rodriguez negotiations will intensify.
大老闆要欽點下屆總教練 球員則是現金人的範圍

Rodriguez continues to drop hints that he may opt out of the remaining three
years of his contract, with his agent, Scott Boras, telling CNNmoney.com
yesterday that the Yankees’ “state of flux is a grand issue.” With or
without Rodriguez, Cashman must build a roster that can get through October,
no matter who takes over for Torre.
阿肉還是暗示說可能要跳脫洋基

“We simply have to continue to find the best talent available on a daily
basis, because ultimately, talent wins out,” Cashman said. “The manager
definitely has a big impact. But the biggest issue is making sure we have the
best players.”
現金人說要最好的球員

INSIDE PITCH

Joe Torre had a chance to reach the 2007 World Series, after all. On Friday,
the day after Torre turned down the Yankees’ offer to manage for another
season, Fox called his agent to see if Torre would be interested in joining
Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the broadcast booth for the World Series. “Joe
was flattered to be asked but respectfully declined because he has made some
family commitments,” Dan Bell, Fox Sports’s vice president for
communications, said in an e-mail message. “We completely understand and
will go with Joe and Tim in the booth for the World Series.”
狐狸電視台邀請老托去播世界大賽 但被拒絕 因為老托答應要陪家人

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