Brian Cashman would love to
stop talking about Alex Rodriguez as much as I would love to stop writing about
him. Unfortunately, ARod has made that impossible.
The latest twist in
the ARod saga came via the Daily News, which reported that ARod is worried that
the New York Yankees or Major League Baseball are conspiring against him
following the Miami New Times report on his alleged use of
performance-enhancing drugs. It’s not paranoia if they are really out to get
you. It seems clear that the Yankees are looking for any possible loopholes to
rid themselves of ARod once and for all and I’m sure Bud Selig & Co wouldn’t
mind seeing him disappear from the game forever. But ARod isn’t helped by this
report, which continues to add fuel to a fire that is burning out of control.
Now Cashman is no saint
either, having exposed the Yankees and his family to scandal through his affair with a woman accused of stalking him. But Cashman shouldn’t have to shoulder
the responsibility of answering questions about the latest PED accusations
against ARod because it wasn’t his decision to rehire ARod after the Yankees
third baseman opted out of his contract in 2007. That decision was made by his
bosses, the Steinbrenner brothers, so they should be the ones with the cameras
and recorders in their faces trying to explain the situation.
Unfortunately, the responsibility
for answering these very legitimate questions has fallen on Cashman because he
is the Yankees general manager. He has to walk a very fine line in providing
enough information to feed the hungry press – a near impossible task because it’s
clear the Yankees do not have all the facts – but not providing answers that
could be seen as interfering with an ongoing investigation.
I bet Cashman wishes he was
the general manager of any other Major League Baseball team right now. Except
maybe the Mets.
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