Let’s pretend that Brian Cashman spends his free time collecting antiques and oddities. Busy men need hobbies, right? Perhaps his involves traveling the globe, scouting bazaars and storefronts for items to keep in his office.
Now imagine if one day Cashman encounters a man who offers him an ornament that would guarantee to put visitors on edge. Talk about great leverage in business negotiations. It gets even better though, as the item grants three wishes to its owner. A completed transaction: Cashman acquired one monkey’s paw in exchange for cash considerations.
Armed with three wishes, one could imagine that Cashman would undo the Yankees’ biggest blunder in recent memory.