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New York Times
Yankees Announce New GM, Many Shocked
12/02/2005
Ted Wiliford
Staff Writer
Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner announced Brian Cashman's successor today. The name that Steinbrenner called was certainly not one that most experts expected. Most baseball gurus predicted that former Houston Astros GM Gary Hunsicker would take over the spot. That was far from what happened. Steinbrenner grinned widely as he announced that David Jenkins, a relative unknown, would be taking over the posistion. Jenkins is a 24 year old who has spent the last two years working with the Texas Rangers as an assistant to the assistant GM. Jenkins graduated from the University of Houston in 2003 with a degree in Sports Marketing. He certainly has a tough task at hand. The Yankees have the highest payroll in all of baseball at 198 million. The closest team to them payroll wise is the Boston Red Sox who sport a 123 million dollar payroll. Thats a difference of 75 million dollars. The pressure on Jenkins will be immense. If this team does not succeed, he will join Brian Cashman at the unemployment line. Steinbrenner said " David is youthful, has great ideas and will inject new life into this club, I am going to step back and let him work to make the deals and signings needed to bring this club back to a world series. Anything short of the trophy will be a failure." I believe I speak for all of Yankee nation when I say " Good luck David Jenkins" We hope you bring us a championship, but we won't hold our breathes.
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