Brian Cashman Team Quotations

There are more teams looking for pitchers than there are pitchers. That's why it's pricey.

We're required to put the best team on the field, and we're going to be judged on those decisions. I think it's a lot ado about nothing. It's unfortunate.

I respect the heck out of Kenny because he swings for the fences. He will do whatever it takes to help his team win, except cheat.

That's how our team has approached it the whole month. It's a grind, and we're grinding it.

All helpful reminders to bring the team together.

We're playing our best ball right now, ... The way we played earlier in the year, I can't explain it, I can't defend, it was inexcusable. But somehow we turned it around. Don't ask me, because I haven't got the answer, But we're a different team today than what you saw in May and June.

People keep acting like we have some kind of easy schedule the rest of the way because of the records of the teams we're facing, ... Well, don't be so sure. How much of this season have we spent playing to the level of the opposition?

He wants to help that USA team win, but he's also committed to being ready for us at the same time. It's one of those balancing acts.

You find a team and come together as a team in a lot of different ways. You need everybody to step up, and that's going to have to come from places you didn't expect. That's the beauty of trying to put together great seasons where you have those unexpected bursts of output.

Bernie knows he's here to help us any way that he can. He's helping us with the bat, but he also knows that this time of year, it's all hands on deck. Bernie is the ultimate team guy.

It was just like, we came so close but we didn't do it -- but we did. I knew that we had the team that could go out and win a meet like this. We have a bunch of talented guys who work real hard.

It happened there. Right now, he's OK to stay out there and try and help the U.S. team obviously in a limited way now.

This one gained steam rather quickly. This deal started probably about 10:30 or 11 o'clock,

I'm not going to say it's unfair because both teams have to go through it. But it's unfortunate. I don't like it. But there's nothing we can do about it.

He provides a lot of interest from Japan. What generally sells -- because we?re a business -- is team and winning,