⚾ Brian Cashman says Pat Murphy apologized for Yankees remark

Cashman says Murphy phoned the morning after the World Series hot-mic jab. Murphy's own comment is not in the reports read. 🗣️

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Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Brewers manager Pat Murphy apologized to him by phone for a hot-mic remark about the Yankees, according to a Yahoo Sports report (carried from USA Today) first published Nov 10 at 7:48 AM ET. The scoreboard says Cashman took it well.

What we know

  • Yankees GM Brian Cashman told reporters in Las Vegas that Brewers manager Pat Murphy phoned him the morning after the World Series win to apologize, per Yahoo Sports/USA Today.
  • A hot mic caught Murphy telling Jake Bauers to remember when he played on a Yankees team where 'you guys were all playing for yourself', Yahoo Sports reports.
  • Murphy insisted the remark was a motivational tactic, since Bauers once played for the Yankees, per the same report.
  • Cashman said the call 'meant a lot' and that Murphy was the only critic who apologized, according to Yahoo Sports/USA Today.

Who says what

According to Yahoo Sports, Murphy had just received the game ball from Jake Bauers after the World Series-clinching last out. A live microphone then picked up Murphy hugging Bauers and saying that he would be rich, and to remember being on a Yankees team where 'you guys were all playing for yourself'. The report notes that Bauers once played for the Yankees and became a star with the Brewers.

Cashman told reporters the apology arrived within hours of the win. Yahoo Sports quotes him saying Murphy called the next morning, 'walking through, apologizing for the comment, not realizing there was a live mic.' Murphy also explained, Cashman said, how he uses 'anything he can to motivate his players.'

"I can tell you it meant a lot"

Brian Cashman on Murphy's apology, as quoted by Yahoo Sports/USA Today

The response

Cashman said he was 'taken aback' by the private comments, per Yahoo Sports. He then pointed out that Murphy was the only one of the Yankees' recent critics to say sorry. Yahoo Sports reports that Murphy 'insisted it was said simply as a motivational tactic.' No separate public statement from Murphy appeared in the reports read.

What happens next

None of the reports read mention a league review, discipline or any follow-up step. Whether either side says more is not yet known.

Backstory

Yahoo Sports places the exchange in a loud winter for the Yankees. The club has not won a World Series since 2009 and was swept by the Tampa Bay Rays this postseason, the report says. It lists Jorge Posada, Goose Gossage, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Paul O'Neill and CC Sabathia among the voices Cashman hears. Murphy, per the same report, won his third consecutive NL Manager of the Year award on Tuesday.

As of Nov 11, 2:49 AM ET, the confirmed part is Cashman's own account, on record with Yahoo Sports/USA Today, that Murphy phoned to apologize and that he valued it. Pending: any public statement from Murphy or the Brewers, and anything further from the league. MrMuscles found no such statement in the pack.

The Brian Cashman file

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    Cashman told reporters Murphy phoned to apologize for a hot-mic remark about the Yankees, per Yahoo Sports/USA Today. This story

On file: The Brian Cashman file · The Pat Murphy file

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On the record

  • Cashman told reporters, per Yahoo Sports/USA Today, that Murphy phoned him to apologize the morning after the World Series win.

Still rumour

  • Murphy's own account of the call, and any league or club step, are not in the reports read.

That's the record. The rest is rumour. - MrMuscles

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