Cashman: Yanks' WS chances hinge on playing 'our best baseball'

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Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for.

New York hasn't even reached the World Series since the 27th championship in 2009, a drought that is the pinstripes' longest since the gap between 1978 and 1996.

"We have a great shot but we only have a great shot if we play our best baseball," the general manager said Thursday ahead of an AL Division Series against Kansas City. "I know that we have the capabilities, but at the same time I caution that we've had capabilities many times before and you have to match those capabilities with, obviously, great defense, great baserunning, tremendous offensive at-bats…