F*&! Joe Torre: Well, I Saw It Coming

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.

Monday, October 02, 2006

Well, I Saw It Coming

Slow Joe has released his line-up for tomorrow night and contrary to BGW's hopeful specualtion, he has not sat Giambi against the Lefty allowing Melky to play left while Hideki DH's. No Melky is on the bench as Torre inevitable pencilled the biggest names he could into his line-up. Perhaps in response to the lefty starter, Sheffield is hitting clean-up (he does kill lefties) and Rodriguez has been dropped to 6th, after Giambi. Joe wouldn't be trying to allay the pressure on AROD, would he? Robby will be the number 9 hitter, which I just think is a waste.
He should hit 5th, ahead of AROD. Hideki should be 7th, Posada 8th and Melky 9th.

1 Comments:

joe valente said...: Agreed. But I have to admit, I actually heard Steve Phillips say something that made sense. He claims that sheffield is likely to cost the Yankees at first base, that too many quirky plays happewn there, particularly in the off-season, to play a neophyte at the position. I am accordingly leaning toward the idea that Giambi should probably bve at first even against lefties, Sheffield should probably DH against lefties, Matsui against righties. Then the remaining question is whether you risk Matsui's defensive play in left against the occasional lefty to keep his bat in the line-up, and play Melky against righties, the more usual scenario. Or do you play Melky all the time and platoon Matsui straight up. Or do you DH MAtsui all the time and bench Sheffield. The problem, as I see it, is that Phillips is probably right that it makes little sense to secure your flank defensively in left, while inviting disaster at first. AROD'sa throwing problems are well documanted; almost all of Jeter's errors were throwing errors. Will Sheffield save any of these? Will he make matters worse? Will they have the confidence in him necessary not to aim their throws?; 1:28 AM