F*&! Joe Torre: Same Old Story

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.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Same Old Story

While the last post tried to look at some different elements in the loss today, we should not forget the standards. The Yanks went 1-8 with RISP and struck out nine times. What's more, with the top 3 guys, who carried the team Tues., getting 4 hits among them, the middle of the lineup was a dead zone, 0-10, 6 strikeouts (out of 9 for the team) and a bunch of LOB. We all know AROD isn't, and won't be producing (see last post), but I'm not sure the Yankees can survive a similarly unproductive Sheffield. Meanwhile cano is really feeling the pressure. It's not just that he's yet to get a hit, but he's jumping at the ball. Would putting his buddy Cabrera in the line-up, maybe right ahead of him. robby has always been talented, but he really took off this year after his injury, which was also after Melky had become an everyday player.

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...: I think Cano needs a move in the lineup. He's clearly struggling with the postseason pressure after such a dramatically improved year and all the consequent attention heaped on him the past few weeks. Normally you wouldn't think moving him up in the lineup would help that, but I think putting him in more RBI situations will really focus him at the plate. And he's not going to get those batting anywhere after A-Rod.

My lineup for tonight would be:

Damon
Jeter
Abreu
Matsui
Sheffield
Giambi
Cano
Posada
A-Rod

Let A-Rod play wraparound and see if it gets him to focus on going back up the middle and waiting on pitches to try to just get on base.; 11:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Yes, I was building my lineup assuming that Torre would not use Melky. But if that's a real possibility, I'd much rather see BGW's lineup. The only change I'd make is to stick with my ordering of Matsui cleanup and Sheff 5th. I don't have any fears of Matsui against lefties--in fact, sometimes I think he hits lefties better because he forces himself to keep his front side in. And I just would rather get Matsui a potential extra AB than Sheff.

This is all pure idealism, however, because I just don't see Slow Joe moving A-Rod out of the 6th spot. In his sentimentalized mind, to do so would be to crush A-Rod's "confidence."; 4:10 PM
Anonymous said...: So far this is sickening.; 8:54 PM
Anonymous said...: Disgraceful.; 11:16 PM