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.

Like Bart Giamatti, I'm an Italian-American literature professor and huge baseball fan. Unlike Giamatti, I recognize that to mythologize the game is to devalue it. So I'll always try to give you the truth as brutally as possible.

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Wednesday, July 26, 2006

In game blog

Win or Lose the yankees cannot field! 2-2 in the 4th and Phillips botches a grounder, Cairo covers for him, but wright fails to cover first. Texiera winds up scoring on a double by Blalock. A passedd ball by Fasano (he's no Kelly Stinett!) puts Blalock on 3rd where he scores on a sac fly (otherwise he's stranded). So they're down 4-2 solely on the weakness of their defense. When you're this shaky in the field behind the back of the rotation, it's hard to sweep a series on the road.

2 Comments:

Anonymous said...: In defense of Fasano, he managed to get a sac bunt down unlike Stinett who could never lay one down.; 12:53 PM
joe valente said...: Oh absolutely. I was just kidding with the Stinnett crack. Fasano has to be better. As a Philadelphian, I know he's better.; 4:57 PM