The Yankees had a general idea of what it would take to get Beckett during the general managers meetings two weeks ago.

"It's an initiative the commissioner's office is pushing," Cashman said Wednesday at the general managers meetings.

Another exhibit was said to have emerged from the recent general managers meetings.

"We're in the market," Dan Duquette, the Red Sox general manager, said at the general managers meetings.

One club, Lucchino said, had inquired about Ramirez at the general managers meetings.

The Mets fired Singer 12 days later, after an incident at the general managers meetings in Phoenix.

At the general managers meetings in November, the lawyers give clubs recommended settlement figures for each eligible player.

It was the last day of the general managers meetings, and Stewart was the Athletics' lone representative.

I didn't speak with him at the general managers meetings.

The coincidence of the schedule made Henson available to speak to newspaper and television reporters covering the general managers meetings.