00:00How do you think he's run this baseball team, the Yankees, over the last 10 years?
00:04Well, I think they have one for the thumb, don't they?
00:07I mean, let's not exactly say that it's been a failed job by Brian Cashman, who likely will be in
00:13Cooperstown one day.
00:14But your question is, you know, funny.
00:17The old George Cashman would have been fired and rehired six times.
00:22He would have been a full Billy Martin by now.
00:24So, but sort of Hal Steinbrenner, my scouting report of Hal, he's really a good guy, but he wants to
00:32really make sure that he's not George.
00:34And listen, who doesn't want to separate themselves from their father?
00:38But I agree, he's gone with Boone and Cash for a long time.
00:42And you're right, they haven't won the World Series since 2009.
00:45But man, they've had a chance plenty of years.
00:48They've been in the postseason plenty of years.
00:51And they got off to a tough start, but now they've won a bunch in a row.
00:54But they're defined, let's face it, not like the other teams.
00:57They're defined by putting the ring on the finger.
01:01You know, they lost in the World Series a couple of years ago to the Dodgers.
01:04They won the pennant.
01:05And you'd think that somehow they, you know, you know, committed a felony for crying out loud.
01:10So you have to say that overall, Cashman's been hugely successful.
01:15But in my opinion, like what Steve Kerr said at the end of the season with the Warriors,
01:20at some point you need a new voice.
01:22At some point you need something new.
01:24Because every run comes to an end.
01:27Every run of any kind comes to an end.
01:30And that's just the reality.
01:33You think there's an expiration date then on general managers and on managers, right?
01:39And you.
01:40And me.
01:41There's an expiration.
01:42What do you think?
01:43It's just milk?
01:45No.
01:46There's expiration on everybody.
01:48It's why you need term limits in the Supreme Court for crying out loud.
01:52It is unheard of to think.
01:54What an ego that I would have to tell you there's no expiration date on what I do or what
02:00I say.
02:00I've had so many careers.
02:02I started a business.
02:03I was on Wall Street.
02:04I was in baseball.
02:05Now I'm in media.
02:06Who knows what's next?
02:08But there's always something.
02:10So, yes.
02:11Is there an expiration?
02:13You bet there is.
02:15Okay.
02:16Well, when's this expiration run out on A.J. Prowler then?
02:19And I have been an absolute.
02:21Maybe I've been one of the only people that's been a descending voice.
02:25And I know you have been.
02:26This guy's been there over a decade and has won nothing.
02:30I mean, name me one thing that he's done that has been.
02:34He's made a couple good teams, David.
02:36But this guy's got a losing record as GM.
02:40I mean, how is he still the general manager of the Padres?
02:43There's a lot that goes into being a general manager's relationship with owners.
02:47It is your ability to lie and manipulate, which he's obviously very good at.
02:54So the thing about the Padres is it's really hard to pretend you're something you're not.
03:00And it's the ultimate imposter syndrome that the Padres have, thinking they can be the Dodgers.
03:05And now that they've sold for $3.9 billion, I think it's going to be worse there.
03:10I think the new owner is going to come in and say, hey, we can be the Dodgers.
03:14No, you can't.
03:15You're not even close to their revenue.
03:17And I don't care what they say about attendance.
03:20Let's look at average ticket price.
03:22I don't care what they say about TV.
03:25It's not close to the Dodgers.
03:26So I think that it's a danger we all have.
03:29It's not just sports.
03:30When you pretend you're something you're not, that's one thing.
03:34When you actually believe in what you're pretending, then you're totally in trouble.
03:39And I view the Padres that way under AJ Preller.
03:43And eventually the new owner is going to figure that out.
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