Brian Cashman

In Mike Vaccaro's Open Mike column last week, he noted that this year marks Brian Cashman's 20th season as Yankee GM. Again one needs to look back at George Steinbrenner's reign, especially between 1978 and his banishment in 1990 to see how amazing of a survivor Cashman has been.

Also we can again look at all the other metropolitan area teams and see how many GM's they have had since Cash took over the Yankee reins in 1998..


Mets

Steve Phillips
Jim Duquette
Omar Minaya
John Ricco
Sandy Alderson

Giants

George Young
Ernie Accorsi
Jerry Reese
Dave Gittelman

Jets

Bill Parcells
Terry Bradway
Mike Tannenbaum
John Idzik
Mike Macagnan

Rangers

Neil Smith
Glen Sather
Scott Gordon

Islanders

Mike Milbury
Neil Smith
Garth Snow

Devils

Lou Lamirillo
Ray Shero

Knicks

Ernie Grunfeld
Dave Checketts
Scott Layden
Isiah Thomas
Donnie Walsh
Glen Grunwald
Steve Mills
Phil Jackson
Scott Perry

Nets

John Calipari
John Nash
Rod Thorn
Ed Stefanski
KiKi Vandeweighe
Billy King
Frank Zanin
Sean Marks


Yankee GM's between 1978-1990

Cedric Tallis
Gene Michael
Bill Bergesch
Murray Cook
Clyde King
Woody Woodward
Lou Pinella
Bob Quinn
Harding "Pete" Peterson

Steinbrenner's last move as owner before his 3 year banishment was to name Gene Michael as his GM, a move that has long been acknowledged as one of Steinbrenner's smartest decisions.