Brian Cashman Would Be Ideal For the Cubs

When an owner has given fans every opportunity to be pessimistic about what his vision is for his franchise, fans have every right to question and doubt his intentions. For two years, Tom Ricketts McCaskey had made it acceptable to think he is an in-over his-head fan without a baseball thought in his head. Those thoughts could be changing, and it’s a welcomed sight for a tortured fan base.

Early indications are that Ricketts didn’t just fire Jim Hendry on a whim without already having replacements in mind. According to reports, Yankees GM Brian Cashman tops his list to take over for the GM who recently just figured out what a text message was. I’d give a kidney to have my ex not know what a text message was. Sorry, that was a random thought as my phone is blowing up.

Cashman’s deal with the Bronx Bombers expires on September 30th, which makes the prospect of luring him away all the more viable. You better believe that Ricketts knows that Cashman is currently making $2.5 million a year with New York, so he is fully aware that it will likely take over $3 million annually to steal him away from the city where dreams are apparently made of.

Cashman is ideal for the Cubs job because he has been working in the biggest pressure cooker there is in all of sports. Yes, the pressure to finally win the world series with the Cubs would be immense, but how is it any different from the world series or bust situation he has with the Yankees? Coming to the soft as puppy shit media in Chicago would be like a vacation for a guy who dealt with George Steinbrenner being up his ass on a daily basis. I could take an uncontested shot at the New York media right now, but why waste time ripping on those douche lords?

Plus, are you telling me that Cashman wouldn’t want a divorce from Hank Steinbrenner? Being Ari Gold’s assistant isn’t as tough as working for a guy who is desperately trying to live up his father’s standard. Think about it– how hard would it be to work for Ricketts? The guy needed to oversee one of the worst Cubs seasons in the last 30 years (or more) to finally jettison the GM who lives for overpaying bums. Gone would be the days of you hopping online and saying to yourself, “wait, Hendry gave psychopath Milton Bradley how much money?!”

Cashman would bring a mixture of new school baseball thinking (sabermetrics), the ability to run a team with a big city payroll (even if Ricketts plans to pair down the idiotic $126 million payroll they entered this season with), and the talent to draft well and focus on Ricketts main goal of “player development” that he mentioned 384 times during the Hendry press conference.

Truth be told, the Cubs can’t do worse than Hendry. It’s also possible that Cashman will remain in New York with a new contract. However, competitive baseball people want to be the guys who mercifully end the Cubs world series drought. It is a legacy sealer, and the guy with 4 world series rings is the perfect fit to rebuild the biggest joke in sports. And who knows, Cashman might have the juice to convince Ricketts to whack Clown Kenney’s useless ass.