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.

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

One More Thing

Let the record show that the Yankees took the late inning lead in this most important of games by playing the kind of small ball we have been begging them to play all season. Damon blooped a single, Jeter bunted for a hit, Abreu sacrificed them to 2nd and 3rd, and AROD hit a sac fly. It is teams that can manufacture like that in the late innings that reach and win in the playoffs. Waiting around for the homer, as the Yanks did each of the last two seasons, will leave you waiting around for next year.

posted by joe valente | 1:11 AM

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