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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Saturday, September 09, 2006

List, list, listing

Trailing the Royals, of all teams, by an 8-3 score at Fenway, the Sox stormed back with a 6 run eighth, capped by a 2 run single from the bat of Big Papi. The Timlin gave up 2 in the ninth, the Sox failed to answer, and they stumbled 10-9, in the ugliest fashion imaginable. This team isn't just dead, it's undead. It knows it has no life, doesn't particularly care to live anymore, but is Doomed for a certain term to walk the night(games).

1 Comments:

Anonymous said...: Yanks took over first place in the league by half a game yesterday. Let's hope the Twins overtake the Tigers.; 10:00 AM