F*&! Joe Torre: Let Me Be the First to Say

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.

Sunday, December 17, 2006

Let Me Be the First to Say

don't do it. Word is the Yanks are mulling a trade of Melky for Mike Gonzalez, the Pirates closer until mid-August, when he went down with an elbow. That injuryt alone should be enough to worry prospective customers, but the truth is relievewrs are a mercurial commodity. You rarely know what you are getting. The Yanks want Gonzalez to set up for Mo, but that's exactly what they gaver Farnsworth a big 3 year contract to do last year. That didn't work out so well, but at least it's only money. Potential stars like Cabrera, who is still only 22, don't grow on trees, unlike 1 year relieving wonders, who do. Let Karstens or Rasner or britton or sanchez or Wheelan or Claggett, or any of those relievers you already dealt for or have in waitng give the set-up role. And if they don't work try the next on the list, or try Fanrsworth again. Someone will work on a list that long. But don't give Cabrera up, you might just be giving him away. For a talent that promising and that young and underpaid, you have to acquire a starter.

1 Comments:

joe valente said...: Cashman has actually been doing quite a bit to improve the farmsystem over the last three years or so, and the Yankees do have a number of quality pitchers down there (Hughes, Clippard, Sanchez, Claggett, Wheelan, as well as Karstens and Rasner), they have at least one blue-chip outfielder (Tabatha), in addition to Cabrera, and of course they only recently brought Cano to the bigs. But if they are going to cultivate them just to trade them off, as they appear to be doing with Cabrera, I really don't see the point. The advantage of being a big-market team is that you have the money to plug holes in through free agency while you develop your young players. Trading prospects is something the Yanks just shouldn't be doing.; 5:07 PM