A Message For Joe Torre
Dear Mr. Joe Torre,
Did you noticed what happened in the first inning yesterday? Damon and Jeter were on 1st and 3rd with no out in the top of the first inning.
How did your team, Mr. Joe Torre, leave that inning without at least one run?
We the fans hear a lot about the value of small ball, the lost art of moving runners over one sacrifice or good bat at a time.
And yet, isn't it the responsibility of the manager to instill this mindset in his players?
After Damon walked and Jeter doubled, I don't care who's up next. The priority must be to move Jeter over and get Damon in. It's called situational hitting. And your team sucks at it.
To have two men on, one in scoring position, with no out, and then to have Sheffield, A-Rod, and Giambi fail miserably at the plate is inexcusable.
Did you watch the World Baseball Classic? Did you see managers of other teams focus on getting one run at a time? Did you noticed a clean-up batter being replaced with a contact hitter just to get a run in?
Here's a question for you: what is your best clutch hitter, Hideki Matsui, doing batting in the 6th spot? Are you thinking, Joe Torre, that your American players have egos that can't handle batting out of the coveted 3rd, 4th, and 5th spots, but that the humble Matsui can handle it?
Screw egos. Matsui is in a class of his own, far superior to the rest, especially A-Rod when it comes to situational hitting. Matsui should be in the 3 spot and everyone in Japan knows this.
Did you look at the stat line from last night, Joe Torre? Your golden A-Rod left 5 men on base. A-Rod will always be A-Rod. During Monday night's 15-run rout, A-Rod drove in 5 and was in all the headlines of New York's finest papers. Last night, in a closely fought contest, A-Rod chimed in with 0 RBIs. Did that surprise any true Yankee fan?
C'mon, Joe Torre. Stop living by the politically correct book that you hold close to your heart and lead this team with more common sense.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
Did you noticed what happened in the first inning yesterday? Damon and Jeter were on 1st and 3rd with no out in the top of the first inning.
How did your team, Mr. Joe Torre, leave that inning without at least one run?
We the fans hear a lot about the value of small ball, the lost art of moving runners over one sacrifice or good bat at a time.
And yet, isn't it the responsibility of the manager to instill this mindset in his players?
After Damon walked and Jeter doubled, I don't care who's up next. The priority must be to move Jeter over and get Damon in. It's called situational hitting. And your team sucks at it.
To have two men on, one in scoring position, with no out, and then to have Sheffield, A-Rod, and Giambi fail miserably at the plate is inexcusable.
Did you watch the World Baseball Classic? Did you see managers of other teams focus on getting one run at a time? Did you noticed a clean-up batter being replaced with a contact hitter just to get a run in?
Here's a question for you: what is your best clutch hitter, Hideki Matsui, doing batting in the 6th spot? Are you thinking, Joe Torre, that your American players have egos that can't handle batting out of the coveted 3rd, 4th, and 5th spots, but that the humble Matsui can handle it?
Screw egos. Matsui is in a class of his own, far superior to the rest, especially A-Rod when it comes to situational hitting. Matsui should be in the 3 spot and everyone in Japan knows this.
Did you look at the stat line from last night, Joe Torre? Your golden A-Rod left 5 men on base. A-Rod will always be A-Rod. During Monday night's 15-run rout, A-Rod drove in 5 and was in all the headlines of New York's finest papers. Last night, in a closely fought contest, A-Rod chimed in with 0 RBIs. Did that surprise any true Yankee fan?
C'mon, Joe Torre. Stop living by the politically correct book that you hold close to your heart and lead this team with more common sense.
- Joshua
InsideTheYankees.com
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