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, July 26, 2006

Which of these Names

is the genuine ersatz article
Vin Scully, Ernie Harwell, Harry Kallas, Marty Brennamen, Jack Buck, Curt Gowdy, Jon Sterling.
Why does the greatest franchise in the history of baseball feature a "voice" so inferior to the great announcers of other classic franchises?
Or try this: Mel Allen, Red Barber, Jerry Coleman, Jon Sterling
Why do the Yankees continue to employ a parody of their own announcing past?
And do even start with color commentators. Waldman may well be the most vacuous in history. she sets gender equity back to the Stone (err Phyllis George) Age.

posted by joe valente | 3:55 PM

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