SHUT UP AND PLAY BALL!!
This from the NY Times:
"Nobody discounts the possibility that Steinbrenner could fire Joe Torre. But if Steinbrenner did it, he would anger many of the players and threaten to poison an already sullen locker room. To the players, firing Torre would be foolish."
An already sullen locker room? What do these guys have to be sullen about? They're getting paid well to play poorly or to nurse injuries, all for a player's manager they claim to revere. Can somebody explain to me why we should care how this group feels about who has the manager's job? I think Torre should get fired for his inability to think in real time game situations, his addiction to the status quo, his continued =refusal to play small ball, his inability to run his bullpen, his unwillingness to fight to win games, which sometimes includes plunking people, the way he mollycoddles his players etc. But let's say I am entirely wrong and someone like Jeter is right, that the sad state of the Yankees is all the fault of the player's performance. Well, then, they're the ones who are getting him fired and they shouldn't be blaming Steinbrenner for merely executing what their failures demand. Either it's partly his fault or entirely their fault, but either way they should just shut up and play.
"Nobody discounts the possibility that Steinbrenner could fire Joe Torre. But if Steinbrenner did it, he would anger many of the players and threaten to poison an already sullen locker room. To the players, firing Torre would be foolish."
An already sullen locker room? What do these guys have to be sullen about? They're getting paid well to play poorly or to nurse injuries, all for a player's manager they claim to revere. Can somebody explain to me why we should care how this group feels about who has the manager's job? I think Torre should get fired for his inability to think in real time game situations, his addiction to the status quo, his continued =refusal to play small ball, his inability to run his bullpen, his unwillingness to fight to win games, which sometimes includes plunking people, the way he mollycoddles his players etc. But let's say I am entirely wrong and someone like Jeter is right, that the sad state of the Yankees is all the fault of the player's performance. Well, then, they're the ones who are getting him fired and they shouldn't be blaming Steinbrenner for merely executing what their failures demand. Either it's partly his fault or entirely their fault, but either way they should just shut up and play.
posted by joe valente | 5:23 PM
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What a crappy way to start a Monday--seeing the headlines about how Steinbrenner backs Torre and Cashman. Kei Igawa continues to fuck us over--first by sucking, then by coming through when the organization really needed to be swept by the Red Sox to ensure Torre got sacked before May.
There isn't much I can say about the whole Hughes thing last night, except that it gives Torre a lot of cover; maybe a whole season's worth--the CW will go: who can deny the team is just snakebit when they finally get a good (read actually GREAT) start, and the pitcher ends the night on the DL for 6 weeks? and Karstens with the knee, etc...You can't blame a manager for that....right?
If the Yankees continue to tank look for this to be a recurring talking point about how you just can't control some things....
Meanwhile, Papelbon finally blew a save last night. Not that the Yankees would dare do that to him; that would be rude by Torre's standards. But it's good to be reminded that not all teams are as inept and intimidated in the face of the Red Sox as the Yankees are.
--BGW
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