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Originally Posted by Racehorse
I was hoping to see Boone and Cashman on that list.
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In my rat's ass of an opinion, Joe Torre and Brian Cashman get far too much credit for the 8 Yankees teams who won 6 Pennants and 4 World Series between 1996 and 2003 ...... those teams were largely constructed by Buck Showalter and Gene Michael between 1992 and 1995, and Torre and Cashman walked in on the coattails of what was essentially their product in 1996 (Torre) and 1998 (Cashman), respectively.
After Gabe Paul (the Yankees' G.M. from 1973-1977) rebuilt the Yankees back into a power (which resulted in 2 World championships, 4 American League Pennants, and 5 division titles from 1976-1981), George Steinbrenner's insane temper and compulsiveness with
BOTH his managers
AND his players drove the Yankees back into a pretty good but no longer great franchise from 1983-1988 (6 consecutive winning seasons, but no playoff appearances), and finally a bad franchise (4 straight losing seasons from 1989-1992.) It wasn't until Commissioner Fay Vincent gave Steinbrenner the boot for 2 years in July of 1990 that the Yankees were able to rebuild themselves back into a power again under the collective guidance of General Manager Gene Michael (1991-1995) and Manager Buck Showalter (1992-1995.)
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