Yankees' Cashman sleeps on street to raise money, awareness

Brian Cashman is sleeping on the street, and no it's not because he lost his job as general manager of the New York Yankees. He's doing it for charity.

"I am a cranky Yankee," Cashman told Stan Grossfield of the Boston Globe. "I couldn't fall asleep. I've got a knot in my neck. I need a shower. It was a nasty night."

Cashman was recently part of a Covenent House event to raise money and awareness for homeless children, which has become an annual tradition for the executive. Cashman has been a participant for the last five years.

"The first year, I literally got no sleep," Cashman explained. "Zero. I was a zombie for a day-and-a-half recovery time. It was a nightmare."

Cashman and 1,000 other volunteers raised $6 million - $1.5 million in New York alone - through the campaign known as "Sleep Out."

"Half the people don't know who he is, and he doesn't care," New Jersey State Senator Joseph Vitale, who also volunteered, said. "Brian has an enormously stressful job and very little time. He could just write a check but instead he walks the walk and raises money."