More Fun With Joe Torre Quotes.

Homeruns by Manny Ramirez seem to fluster the skipper.

On Monday, Torre gave us this prime example of a dangling participle:

"It looked like he tried to do something with Manny, which is not his neighborhood. It's Manny's neighborhood. Not his neighborhood."

"It" is just the all-inclusive, universal "it."

"He" must be Chien Ming Wang.

"Do something" is certainly vague. Unless Chien Ming Wang instantaneously reached a singularity with the Universe while standing on the mound at Fenway Park, then Wang had to be "doing something." Unless you're dead, you're doing something. Even then, you're decomposing. In this particular sentence, "do something" means "throw a pitch."

In conclusion, Torre is saying something about somebody's neighborhood.


On Tuesday, Yankee fans waited in rapt attention for the skipper's angry reaction to Ramirez's styling at home plate:

"I wasn't even watching. Manny's a good guy. I can't get into that stuff."

You weren't even watching?

I totally understand. I know what you were probably watching: Go Taylor!