F*&! Joe Torre: HAVING JUST GOTTEN THE WORD THAT HUGHES IS OUT FOR TWO MORE MONTHS,

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, May 31, 2007

HAVING JUST GOTTEN THE WORD THAT HUGHES IS OUT FOR TWO MORE MONTHS,

I now read that Giambi has been oput on the DL with torn tissue in his foot. he's expected to be out three weeks. This I have to say is a crushing blow to any residual hopes they might have had. a resurgence of the offense depended on Giambi having the sort of mid-season comback he had last year. Now the Yankees have no effective DL. Because they were willing to forego offense from their starting first baseman, their back-up catcher, their reserve infielder, and to forego power from each of their starting and reserve outfielders, they are at this point really screwed for offense. They don't have the speed on this aging team to rely exclusively on small ball, and now they don't have the mid-order thunder to expect to win games going long. If there was still a season to be salvaged, it can only be salvaged at this point by a trade or the sudden and explosive maturation of Andy Phillips.

2 Comments:

Zachary Lesser said...: A few days back I saw on the ESPN.com rumor wire that the Yanks may be interested in acquiring Todd Helton. If they were before, they must be even more interested now.; 7:17 PM
joe valente said...: Yeah, but Helton has a complete no-trade which he almost exercised when they were trying to trade him to Boston in the off-season. Why in the world would he want to play for the Yankees now?; 1:01 AM