F*&! Joe Torre: DOWN AGAIN,

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.

Saturday, June 02, 2007

DOWN AGAIN,

and this one's on Joe. Amid his other shortcomings, we should not forget that Joe remains among the worst tacticians in the game. How many times have we observed, correctly, that once Scott Procter's butt is back on the bench after pitching he is done. Even though Procter threw last night, Joe brought him back for not one but 2 innings today, and after a perfect first he gave up 5 runs in the second. That Jeter seems to be regressing to mid-April form in the field (2 errors in a single inning) didn't help, but make no mistake Procter was overworked and showed it.

It's a shame too because once again the Yankees made their case that the Fuehrer really is done, scoring 5 runs, all earned, in 5 innings (Melky is showing that if you pencil him in everyday, he will play). But of course geriatric Mike couldn't get to the 6th either and then you have Torre's fire department pouring gas on everything.

1 Comments:

Zachary Lesser said...: This was one of the most disgusting games of the year. And it's on Cashman too, for assembling the worst bullpen I've seen in a long, long time. Why can't the Yankees, with all their money, get anyone who can pitch in relief?; 10:48 AM