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, May 27, 2007

I'M SORRY, BUT

I have to give my self props as an analyste du George.

At 12.07 Am on Wednesday the 23rd, I blogged (check the entry) that George would be looking to fire not Torre but Cashboy if current trends continued. Later that same day, to much ruffling of the pundits, George announced that it was indeed boy Brian and not Torre who was "on a big hook" for this season. "He wanted sole authority," George said, "and now he has to deliver." Them's scalping words, just as I predicted.

posted by joe valente | 11:46 AM

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