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.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

So that's It!

Some of you may have been wondering (I know I was) why slow Joe would skip Chacon, his second best pitcher this year in favor of Wright, one of the worst starters in Yankee history. The answer it turns out is that the one team Mr. Wrong Stuff Wright has had success against is Tampa Bay. He's 3-0, last year. All of this seems to be done on the idea of salvaging Wright's career, such as it is, when the Yankees should be looking for a way to part company permanently. There's is just no future there, and if they wind up losing this game unnecessarily (with Williams, and Phillips in the lineup, I'm even less hopeful), it could come back and bite them big time in what promises to be a clse race among two (or three) less than stellar teams. As bad as Wright was last year in the brief time he pitched, I think he's even worse now. Plus, why would you risk getting a hot pitcher like Chacon out of sink by skipping his start. That's just the kind of senseless mistake that makes Torre's continued presence such a mystery.

posted by joe valente | 6:11 PM

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