No one needs Yankees vindication in this World Series more than Brian Cashma

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The thing about a drought a gap, a dry spell, one blank space after another in a history shaped by the few that existed prior is that its never just about one season. Its never just about 162 games, about just one or three or five or seven in a postseason series. One blip stacks on top of another until its a trend, and one trend drags out until its the modern trajectory of a franchise. Thats why, for the Filip Chytil Jersey better part of the 15 years since the Yankees last World Series appearance in 2009, Brian Cashman spent most of his time defending. The franchises general manager doubled as its Vezina Trophy-winning, Gold Glove defense attorney when it came to criticism. There was the at the general managers meetings last November. The sharp defense of an analytics department that was allegedly outdated and the smallest in baseball. The winding path in free agency two years ago that instead of Trevor Story or Carlos Correa. The that hasnt waned since Cashman hired him as the Yankees manager and that likely will be renewed at some point after the season ends, when he either needs to activate the club option on Boones contact, negotiate another one or, in what would be a shocking outcome, part ways with him. And then there was Tuesday, when Cashman was asked about the Yankees ending their drought and returning to the World Series, where in Game 1 on Friday in Los Angeles. Cashman, who has won four titles since taking over his current position with the Yankees in 1998, launched his latest defense, his pitch for why the drought, really, . Chris Kreider Jersey