Some dorks say Joe Torre's new book will undermine ARod's confidence, create dissention and neuter the '09 Yanks.
Joe's book... a distraction?
Hello-oo? Yoo-hoo? Anybody home?
Does Joe's book swoop in as a fishnet-stockinged version of the Incredible She-Hulk, looking to bag 20something lugnuts half her age, while recruiting LA Kaballah memberships?
Because that's what I call a distraction.
Does Joe's book install burnished marble shithouse counters at the expense of soon-to-be-jobless taxpayers, replacing a beloved landmark with a shiny symbol of excess, roiling a fan base that is destined to alienated due to the salaries certain players receive?
Because that's what I call a distraction.
Does Joe's book subpoena players to tell what they know, under oath, to formal investigations into the use of butt-injections that turn players not only into gorillas but pathological liars?
Because that's what I call... ahh, you get the idea.
Joe's book, a distraction?
Listenup... at the risk of pissing off Dick Cheney, an avid reader of this blog, let me tell you what Joe's book is.
Six years ago, one of America's oldest historical allies, France, warned us not to invade Iraq. Our response? Freedom Fries! Now I don't want to relive that debate. What's done is done. (For whatever it's worth, I went to Iraq twice as an embedded reporter, in 2005 and 2006, so I do reserve the right to have an opinion here.) When I see Joe's book, I think of the French trying to tell us honestly what they thought.
We better listen to what Joe says, not pout and moan because it's not what we wanted to hear.
Distraction? Christ... An old friend is talking to us. LISTEN, DAMMIT, LISTEN!
There is nothing in the book not to like.
ReplyDeleteAll Joe is saying is that A-Rod is a fraud ( and somewhat narcissistic ), Boomer is impolite, Kevin Brown was a mental case, the Big Unit was finished when we got him and Cano is lazy.
Also, there is a hint that Cashman has not been so good with draft picks, free agent signings, deal making ( or not making....in the case of that pitcher from the Twins we didn't want ), player contracts ( re-signing A-Fraud????), or developing any talent whatsoever in our entire minor league system.
Best of all was Mike Mussina's rant on Mariano....who has never been the same since he blew the Arizona series.
And then the Boston series.
And ever since...although, like most current Yankees, his in-season numbers are great.
And we all love Mo.
But the truth is the truth.
So what's not to like?