http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/sports/baseball/21yankees.html?_r=1&ref=baseball&oref=slogin Cashman Stands Alone but in Control By TYLER KEPNER Published: October 21, 2007 When Joe Torre scanned the room at Legends Field on Thursday, in the meeting that would end his 12-year tenure as the Yankees’ manager, he said he felt no warmth. 老托离开传奇球场感受不到温暖 “I looked around and I saw business people, people who are very successful and are looking to continue that success,” Torre said Friday. “I may be a little unusual, I don’t know. But this game is very personal for me.” 他说 只看到生意人 Of the seven others in the room in Tampa, Fla., Torre named only one as an ally, a friend. It was Brian Cashman, the general manager, and by turning down the Yankees’ one-year contract offer, Torre broke his bond not only with the team, but with Cashman. 里面只有现金人支持他 Had Torre accepted, he and Cashman would have continued to rise and fall together in the eyes of the team’s principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his family. Each would have been signed only through 2008. Now Torre is gone, and Cashman is coordinating the search for a replacement whose contract almost certainly will run longer than his. 现金人的合约到2008 “When I first started, I took a nonguaranteed, handshake deal with George Steinbrenner in 1998, and I’ve already worked once or twice after the expiration of my contact,” Cashman said. “So I have no problem entering my final year, no issue with that whatsoever.” 他从1998年开始当洋基队的GM In the last two months, the three general managers with the longest tenure — John Schuerholz of Atlanta, Terry Ryan of Minnesota and Walt Jocketty of St. Louis — have left their jobs. Cashman now ranks fourth in seniority, behind Kevin Towers of San Diego, Brian Sabean of San Francisco and Billy Beane of Oakland. 现金人现在是任期第四长的GM The Yankees have won three titles since Cashman replaced Bob Watson in February 1998. Cashman’s staying power has been impressive. He has not yet been fired and has not grown too tired to continue. 还没被火 “You can’t keep doing this job forever in this day and age,” said Schuerholz, who stepped aside this month to become president of the Braves. “ Probably in the ’50s or ’60s or ’70s or ’80s you could, but you can’t now.” 前辈说 这工作现在很难干 When Schuerholz became the Kansas City Royals’ general manager in 1981, his mentor, the longtime general manager Harry Dalton, told him, “Nobody can have this job for more than 10 years now because of the extraordinary amount of pressure.” 前辈说 这工作很难做超过10年 因为压力特大 Dalton, Schuerholz said, was one of the smartest men he has known. But even he could not have envisioned how much tougher the job would become, with the nine-figure payrolls and increased scrutiny from an ever-expanding news media. 现在更难 因为九位数的预算 还有媒体监督 “It’s a great job, an exhilarating job and a wonderful job, most definitely, ” Schuerholz said. “But there’s a lot of empirical data that shows that the focus and the light and the heat is turned up far higher than it’s ever been. That’s not going to run off the good, smart, hard-working G.M.’s, but it does take its toll.” 前辈继续说GM难为 Cashman faced his greatest professional crisis two years ago, at the end of his previous contract. Beyond the usual demands of the job, he was concerned about the meddling of Steinbrenner and his advisers. 现金人在两年前面临生涯最大危机 The Yankees were eliminated by the Angels in the first round, but Cashman took until the end of the World Series to decide whether he wanted to return. With other attractive jobs open — including one with his favorite childhood team, the Los Angeles Dodgers — Cashman accepted a three-year, $5.5 million contract from the Yankees. 2005年洋基第一轮被天使淘汰现金人合约到期 道奇欢迎他 “I said, ‘We have three years to try to deliver a championship and try to rebuild the system,’” Cashman said. “I know the system is getting rebuilt. We’ve still got to work on the championship side of things.” 现金人说要三年时间重建球队 Steinbrenner said in an interview in May that Cashman was “on a big hook,” but his job was never in serious jeopardy. 五月 老板放话说现金人地位危险 At 77, Steinbrenner is retreating from the team’s day-to-day operations. His sons, Hank and Hal, have been largely removed from the business for years, although they have recently taken a more active role. Randy Levine, the team president, has a background in politics and law. He is responsible for major contracts, but Cashman handles daily baseball decisions. 77岁的大老板渐渐不管事 他的两个儿子渐渐掌权 球队总裁管合约 现金人管棒球事务 In short, Steinbrenner needs Cashman, perhaps more than ever. Cashman’s plan to rebuild from within appeals to the Yankees’ business side because the payroll and luxury-tax penalties the team has incurred will fall as younger players take over. 老板需要现金人 Cashman has made costly mistakes, endorsing the signings of Carl Pavano and Kei Igawa. But Steinbrenner’s sons have continued to trust him, letting Cashman pass on a trade for Eric Gagne this summer because he insisted on keeping Ian Kennedy and Melky Cabrera. 现金人犯大错白花钱 签了痛痛人和宅庆 但继续被信任 不签刚爷保住甘乃迪和小卡布 Cashman was reluctant to publicly support Torre this fall, the way he did after the Yankees’ 2006 playoff loss. After persuading Steinbrenner not to fire Torre in 2006, Cashman once again saw the Yankees fall in the first round. He understood Steinbrenner’s frustration with Torre and thus endorsed the contract offer of only one year. 现金人像去年一样继续支持老托 Steinbrenner, not Cashman, will pick the next manager, a fact Cashman said he had always understood. Ultimately, Cashman said, his decisions on players will have the most impact. The Yankees must re-sign Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera, and the Alex Rodriguez negotiations will intensify. 大老板要钦点下届总教练 球员则是现金人的范围 Rodriguez continues to drop hints that he may opt out of the remaining three years of his contract, with his agent, Scott Boras, telling CNNmoney.com yesterday that the Yankees’ “state of flux is a grand issue.” With or without Rodriguez, Cashman must build a roster that can get through October, no matter who takes over for Torre. 阿肉还是暗示说可能要跳脱洋基 “We simply have to continue to find the best talent available on a daily basis, because ultimately, talent wins out,” Cashman said. “The manager definitely has a big impact. But the biggest issue is making sure we have the best players.” 现金人说要最好的球员 INSIDE PITCH Joe Torre had a chance to reach the 2007 World Series, after all. On Friday, the day after Torre turned down the Yankees’ offer to manage for another season, Fox called his agent to see if Torre would be interested in joining Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the broadcast booth for the World Series. “Joe was flattered to be asked but respectfully declined because he has made some family commitments,” Dan Bell, Fox Sports’s vice president for communications, said in an e-mail message. “We completely understand and will go with Joe and Tim in the booth for the World Series.” 狐狸电视台邀请老托去播世界大赛 但被拒绝 因为老托答应要陪家人 --

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