F*&! Joe Torre: Conventional Wisdom Strikes Again

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.

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Conventional Wisdom Strikes Again

Two days after the pundits spoke as one awarding the AL East to the Red Sox, their vulnerabilities, overrated starting pitching and an offense that is weaker than advertised, have revealed themselves, shrinking their lead to 1 in the loss column. This race will definitely go to the better of 2 lessers. I hope Torre took note of bubba's amazing, probably game-saving catch last night. They have to find ways to get his defense in there. I'd rather live with Giambi at first.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: All in all, a very good game from Slow Joe last night actually. He puts in Gueil (sp?) because of how he hits Contreras, and Gueil delivers. Then he correctly subs in Bubba for late-inning defense, and he saves the game.

Mo is scaring me a bit this year; he looks more like the 2004 than the 2005 Mo. Last night's hits were weak bloops, but then that's always Mo's problem these days: he's a contact pitcher who is a closer, a dangerous combination.; 1:19 PM
Anonymous said...: Check out this story on ESPN.com.

Note that 3 of the top 10 bad deals in the past few seasons. Including the #1 bad deal, Carl Pavano. And not including Jeff Weaver, a bad deal that the Yanks managed to pass on to someone else, and so doesn't count on their tally, but should.

Doesn't this suggest that Brian Cashman is not doing such a great job. On that, however, no comment from ESPN.; 11:32 PM