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.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

I POSTED A DEFENSE

of the possibility, though not the likelihood, of the Yankees making a recovery this season exactly 23 minutes before they took the plate in the 1st inning of tonight's game. In that inning they scored 5 runs, thanks in part to the fact that Joe actually did something different: he started Phelps against a righty and Phelps rewarded him with a two out, two run single. Can this please be the last of Skanky Manky I'm Sorry I Stanky? None of this qualifies as a sign of the apocalypse. But how about this? Jorge Posada actually stole a base. I find that bare fact more improbable than any prosepctive outcome to the season. Hell, if Jorge can steal, the Royals can make the playoffs.

posted by joe valente | 6:29 PM

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