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 | 11:22 AM
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A note about Cano and the batting race:
he will qualify if Torre doesn't screw it up. I know you want to rest him, but he's been resting most of the season, he has a real shot at the batting title, and there's no reason he can't play both ends of the double header. yesterday the Yanks played 2 games and Cano got only 4 plate appearances, below the necessary 3.1/game to qualify. (It's per game the team has played, not the player.) We'll see how many he gets today.
Cano needs to average 3.7 TPA per game for the last 15 games of the season to qualify. If he plays every day, he'll certainly make it, since even if the Yanks get no-hit he'll get 3 and there will be many days when he gets 5 or 6 given how they can score. The only question is how many of those 15 games he'll play in.
If he plays only 10 of those games, he needs 5.7 TPA per game, which seems impossible. If he plays 14 games (ie, every game except only one half of today's double-header), he needs a just do-able 4.1 TPA per game.
He's only 4 points back right now (it looks like 5, but it's actually closer to 4, I think), and he's the hottest hitter in the league. I think he deserves a shot at it.
But it's all up to Torre.
aargh. I know Joe is resting guys, and I know these games don't "matter"--but is anyone else getting a little worried by the Yanks recent play?
Also, both Jeter and Cano drop a ways behind Mauer in the batting race today.
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