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.
posted by joe valente | 12:41 AM
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I don't agree about Foulke. The Yanks looked pretty lame against him, but that doesn't mean he's back. My understanding of his downfall was that he lost separation between his fastball and his change-up. His fastball had been 89 abd it dropped to 85. Well yesterday, I checked the gun on every fastball he threw. Most were 85 and he never got it higher than 86. When foulke went south, it wasn't the Yankees who hit him, it was everybody else. AROD and Jeter both looked bad against him, but that is because both took 85 MPH fastballs right down the middle, doubtless as part of the patience strategy. Other teams, with a more aggressive approach will, in my view, crucify this guy by hitting that BP fastball all over the lot. We'll see, but I actually liked what I saw out of foulke yesterday. I still think he's done.
Oh, yeah, and props to Chris, who always saw in Proctor wjat he has become, back when I mistakenly thought he was a lost cause.
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