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Yankees Fan Urges Brian Cashman to 'Sign Gerrit Cole' as He Scales NY Building

No matter where New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman goes, he can't avoid Bronx Bombers fans' desire to call free-agent pitch Gerrit Cole one of their own.

According to ESPN, Cashman said that while he was rappelling down the Landmark Building on Friday, someone taped a sign that said, "Please sign Gerrit Cole," to one of the windows:

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Yankees GM Brian Cashman said someone put a "SIGN GERRIT COLE" sign in one of the windows he passed while rappelling down a building ud83dude05 (via @YESNetwork) https://t.co/Tv3dkmWYQK

Cashman confirmed that he met with both Cole and Stephen Strasburg on the West Coast recently.