<Li> 5 - time World Series champion (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2009) </Li> <Li> 7 - time American League champion </Li> <P> Brian McGuire Cashman (born July 3, 1967) is an American baseball executive for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball . He has served as the General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Yankees since 1998 . During Cashman's tenure as general manager, the Yankees have won six American League pennants and four World Series championships . </P> <P> Cashman began working with the Yankees organization in 1986 as an intern while still in college . He was named assistant general manager in 1992, helping to run the team while owner George Steinbrenner was suspended from baseball . He succeeded Bob Watson as the team's general manager in 1998 . </P>

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