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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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Here's Some Good News

beyond the fact that the Yankees continue to play hard, focussed baseball in the wake of the Boston Massacre. Joe Torre announced today that when Matsui returns, which is seeming more and more likely, he will be slotted in as a DH. This means that Melky continue in left (Wheew!) and Craig Wilson, who as Munson notes, has looked weak on outside breaking pitches, will have to grab some bench.

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: That really is some teriffic news.

Melky is really doing lots of great stuff for this team both defensively and offensively. He's really become a fan favorite and I think everybody would love to see him stay in left field, and not just for now, but many years to come.; 5:27 PM