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Marty Appel Sheds New Light on Brian Cashman Bashing Joe Torre

Appel, the former Public Relations Director of the New York Yankees, has confirmed what many fans have suspected.

In his new book, Pinstripe Empire, Appel relates how general manager Brian Cashman and manager Joe Torre disagreed on the best way the Yankees could win.

Forget that Torre managed the Yankees to world championships in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2001. Cashman's father, John Cashman, managed Kentucky’s Castleton Farms. The senior Cashman became friendly with George Steinbrenner, and his son Brian started working for the Yankees.

Cashman and Torre increasingly disagreed with each other after the last world championship. With his 2005 contract, Cashman gained complete control of player decisions. He started to depend on computer ...

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