GRACIE Cashman is best known as the daughter of New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.
But the 25-year-old is ready to make a name for herself after landing a role as the host of a new Yankees interview series on the YES network and app.
Gracie is the presenter of The Story of My Number, in which she speaks with Yankees greats about prominent numbers in their careers and lives.
Her interview subjects include baseball icons such as Aaron Boone, Don Mattingly, Andy Pettitte, CC Sabathia, Tino Martinez and Nick Swisher.
“It’s really interesting and a nice intersection between the numbers and the entertainment side of things,” Gracie told The New York Post.
“We talked exclusively to Yankees legends about pivotal numbers in their career and pivotal numbers in their personal lives.
“We kind of used the number as a home base to start the conversation about something else that was really a personal moment or a big career moment.”
Gracie is determined to prove to fans that she did not get the job as the result of a “fluke nepotism thing.”
“I completely get the assumption or the way that it looks to walk into a room being his daughter,” Gracie said.
“There’s definitely something to prove there, that I earned it and I deserve to be here, and that I worked to be here, and that I worked to stay here.
“The door was not kicked down [for me], and I was not shoved through it.
“And I don’t want it to go unacknowledged that I completely understand that those connections are there and impact those decisions.
“So, I’m not blind to that. But I think because I’m aware of that, I go in and I really want to prove that I deserve to be here, and that they made the right choice in picking me and that it wasn’t just a fluke nepotism thing.”
Gracie has deep roots in the entertainment industry.
She studied musical theater at Northwestern University, where she performed in productions of She Loves Me and The Cherry Orchard.
And Gracie is also the host of a baseball reality show called The Tryout, which centers around the quest to find the best amateur baseball player in the country.
“I definitely went into that show with a chip on my shoulder because I think there was – I wanted to flex that I was trained in this, was meant to do this and that I had the knowledge of this sport specifically,” Gracie said.
“I went in so prepared. I really came in guns blazing on that project.
“And I realized then that if I’m really coming in guns blazing on this, I must enjoy it…
“That was the first time that I had really done something that there was this kind of crossover between what I had been trained to do and what I had grown up around.”
Gracie currently splits her time between Chicago – where she lives with her boyfriend – and New York.
The couple plan to move back to New York full-time.
She is set to make her acting debut in a TV movie later this year.