F*&! Joe Torre

Since Joe Torre breaks our hearts, this blog will break his balls. Every day of the season I will detail the errors, misjudgements, and omissions that make him the most overrated manger in the history of the game (even more than Tommy Lasorda!). But Joe Torre is not just one bum in hero's clothing (i.e. the pinstripes); he is the quintessential counterfeit of excellence, a figure who embodies the triumph of the ersatz that pervades every aspect of our culture. No organization in sport, nay in civilization generally, has manifested a committment to continuing greatness like the New York Yankees, a beacon to all, in every field of endeavor, that the best is always possible. How intolerable is it then that the Yankees should be managed by a mediocrity on stilts, a figure with a reputation for greatness without any of the attributes thereof. Beginning with Torre and ending with Torre, this blog will look to smash idols we create out of inadvertence, ignorance, and complacency.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Say you ain't that slow, Joe!

I just had to relay Torre's comment on last night's game. As I was calling for a public apology for their disgraceful play, Torre was actually saying, "I guess this was one of those games you're not supposed to win...We did all the right things and the wrong things happened. Sometimes there are games like that. There's no explaining them." The Yankees did all the right things? Like batting o72 with men in scoring position, leaving the bases loaded twice, killing a potential rally by running their way into a double play, failing to throw runners out or block home plate, striking out looking not once but twice, arod, with men on base. What right things did they do? If Torre can't recognize how badly his team wasted a good pitching performance and the 14 walks they were handed, how in the world can he even begin to get things fixed? No, how can't he recognize it in the first place? He must be the only reasonably knowledgable person acquainted with this game that can't explain the Yankees losing. The tougher thing is to explain the way the Yankees are playing. Though in Torre's case he might begin by looking in the mirror.

Are you listening to your so-called manager George? Have you forgotten Lou Piniella's phone number along with where you put your car keys?

posted by joe valente | 4:03 PM

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