F*&! Joe Torre: Blog Proof

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.

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Blog Proof

Sometimes there's nothing to do but enjoy.

I will say this, though, Josh Beckett's ERA is now virtually identical to Randy Johnson's. So when are the wankers over at Red Sox Network going to start gleefully wringing their hands in phony concern for his future as an ace?

1 Comments:

joe valente said...: Yeah, I had the same thought about 2004 and said so to Z with whom I watched the game. A couple of differences though I think. Beckett was throwing 97-98 and the Yankees were hitting him. Phillips turned around a 97 mph fastball and Giambi too. Beckett couldn't get his curve over, but they were hitting his change-up too. Also a lot more singles than the infamous game three and a lot less station to station baserunning. They really took the extra base. This is a younger team, psychically as well as physically, than the Yankees have had in a long time, and I thnk that mitigates the chance that they will collapse in the same way. Finally of course this is the stadium. If the Red Sox had to win games 4 and 5 in 2004 in New York I seriously doubt they would have won the series. But we'll see. I think they'll get one of the remaining three anyway.

You're right on about the Wang-Lilly comparison. I can totally see the Yankees scoring well and still losing this game. My expectation that they would win it was propped upon the assumption that they'd have lost game 1, and that Jeter would be in the line-up.; 4:44 PM