Brian Cashman snaps at suggestion Yankees are in World Series drought: ‘Cheated us’
NY Post
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman hasn’t forgotten about those lying, cheating, sign-stealing Houston Astros.
Cashman downplayed the Yankees finally ending their 15-year World Series drought, adding that the Astros are to blame for the extended gap.
“I hate the 15-year thing because it completely forgets and discounts that some other organization cheated us when we were already in the end, if you knew what was going on, I don’t think they would be advancing during that time thing, I think we would have been advancing” Cashman said about the Astros on “Mad Dog Radio” with long time New York radio host Chris Russo.
“I hate that 15-year thing because I don’t think it accurately reflects history.”
The Yankees have been eliminated by the Astros four times during the playoffs dating to 2015 — falling to Houston in the 2015 Wild Card game and the ALCS in 2017, 2019 and 2022 — and Cashman has referenced the 2017 team as the one that he felt the Astros’ nefarious tactics cost a potential title.
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