FILE - In this July 8, 2011 file photo, New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman answers a question regarding the rainout of tonight's baseball against the Tampa Bay Rays at Yankee Stadium in New York. A woman stalked and shook down Cashman, getting him to pay her $6,000 and demanding more by threatening to harm his reputation, prosecutors said Thursday, Feb 2, 2012.

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, center, and Theo Epstein right, the president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs, meet with reporters prior to a joint appearance Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at Sacred Heart in Fairfield, Conn.

Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington, second from left, gestures toward the audience while speaking with Red Sox manager Bobby Valentine, right, before a baseball roundtable discussion as part of a charity event for underprivileged children held at Fenway Park in Boston, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. New York Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson is seen at left.