Brian Cashman accepts Pat Murphy's apology for saying 2023 Yankees had selfish culture
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Yankees general manager Brian Cashman accepted Pat Murphy's apology after the Milwaukee manager criticized New York's 2023 team for a selfish culture minutes after the Brewers won the World Series last month.When first baseman Jake Bauers gave Murphy the ball from the last out of the Game 5 win over Tampa Bay on Oct. 28, the manager used a profanity while referring to the Yankees.Murphy made a reference to Bauers' likely big-money free agent contract this offseason and implored him to recall his time on the 2023 Yankees, who went 82-80 and failed to make the playoffs, and compare it with his success this year."You guys were all playing for yourself. Just remember, say, `This is the way we used to do it,’” Murphy said during the on-field celebration, a remark recorded in a video posted by Spectrum News 1 Wisconsin.“He took the time on the greatest — within 12 hours, arguably some of the greatest times that he’s had walking this planet Earth outside of the birth of his kids — to realize