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.

Monday, May 28, 2007

IT'S SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL SO FAST,

you need the in-game blog just to keep up. somebody named Mcgowan has just thrown his 107th pitch to end the Yankees half of the seventh. I doubt we will see him again tonight, so now seems a good time to reflect on what he did. He came into this game with a 7.29 ERA. he will leave it with something closer to a 5.29 ERA. he wne t7 and allowed the Yankees just 3 hits, a single by Jeter, who stole second and was stranded; a double by AROD, who later struck out with a man on; a walk to Melky, who never got past first; and a single by Abreu, who also stole second and died there. three hits, one walk, and of course no runs to a supposedly formidable line-up, by someone who hasn't gotten anyone else out. Every time you think they've hit bottom, they manage to sink a little lower.

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