from buster olney's blog:

If Cashman is actually thinking about going to the trouble of having his autonomy spelled out in contractual language, then he ought to just leave. He, above all others, knows that this type of thing would be completely unworkable, because he works for Steinbrenner and he cannot prevent Steinbrenner from surrounding himself with his baseball advisers. Plus, if Cashman actually did get the language and then found -- inevitably -- that it had been violated, would he actually bring himself to sue the Yankees for violation of contract? The legal fight could be messy, and it would not reflect well on him: Baseball -- and all businesses, for that matter -- is rife with executives who work within imperfect chain of commands.

much as i'd be sad to see cashman go (not least because something like "divas of damon oppenheimer" just doesn't have that slick ring to it) olney's right about the inevitable lack of autonomy. but that last bit is laughable -- yankeeworld has an inarguably unique "imperfect" chain of command. and much like any person involved in a long-running dysfunctional relationship, cashman might be painfully aware that he should leave, but can he really bring himself to?

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