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.

Friday, May 05, 2006

Apropos of nothing but my own disgust

In the attempt to fuse news and entertainment, the anchor/readers alwys thank their own reporters profusely for agreeing to appear on their show when in fact that's their fucking job! Then they fulsomely praise said reporter for the excellence of their product, a gesture of network self-promotion disguised as talk show amenity. Since when did the other guys/girls in the newsroom start getting treated like their "special" guests? This is actually a cable development because CNN/CNBC,Fox all treat their newsreaders as the nonentities they in fact are in order to frame, by contrast, their field reporters as the celebrities they in fact are not.

posted by joe valente | 2:29 PM

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