There are times when Yankee general manager Brian Cashman has to be the bad cop. He marches through the Yankee locker room, and when he notices a player violating what has become one of the Yankees' most notorious, and idiosyncratic, team rules, he lets them know—though he tries to be subtle about it.

"I have to go around to guys every now and then and keep them honest," Cashman said. "The line I usually use, I ask them, 'Is your rotator cuff OK?' And they say, 'Huh? Yeah. Why?'"

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