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.

Monday, May 15, 2006

a conundrum

When do the Yankees decide that Johnson is never coming back? that he's this year's Kevin Brown? I mean I hope that isn't so, but we saw Brown, a great pitcher in his time, lose it entirely on the Bronx geriatric plan, so I think we have to allow for the possibility that the same is true, now, of Johnson. He looks like he's not capable of pitching well enough, let alone well. This is important because it raises the question. upon the return of Pavano, should the Yankees keep Johnson in the rotation at all or look to find another starter at the deadline? Right now he's the number 5 guy in a rotation tat includes Jared Wright. Maybe he'll come back but it's 5 disastrous starts and counting.

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