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, June 28, 2007

HE'S CLUELESS TOO

Today Brain-less Cashboy declared, "It's been a bizarre season. I don't understand what's been happening." What's been happening is that you have been ruining the team with your total ignorance of baseball talent. You don't understand this because of your total ignorance of baseball talent. Today's salient example. During the off-season, the Pads wanted RJ so badly they were willing to give up stud set=up man Scott Linebrink for him. Braqinless elected to deal Johnson to the D-Backs instead for the woeful Vizcaino, in part because Cahsboy was cxonvinced Ross Ohlendorf could be his next big league ace. Well we know all about Brainless's idea of an Ace (see Mussina, Wright, Pavano, brown et al.) Ohlendorff is currently 1-3 with an ERA of 5.19. Just for comparison, Matt Di Salve, whom the Yanks had to throw back, is 5-1 with an ERA under 2, and Clippard is 4-2 with an ERA of 3. Even chasde Wright is 4-3 with an ERA under 4. I could be wrong, but it's looking doubtful Ohlendorf will prove a major league pitcher, let alone an Ace, and the Brainless Boy-Wonder blew a major opportunity to shore up a beleaguered bullpen. Defending Torre earlier this year, he said if we don't win, it's my fault. That may very well be his only 14 carat insight on any baseball matter in his entire existence.

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