The 2011 Hall of Hate: Perez vs. Torre

We move on to the 5 vs. 12 matchup in our 2011 Hall of Hate bracket … it’s a good one:

(5) Oliver Perez vs. (12) Joe Torre

Why you should hate Oliver Perez:

Never has a guy gotten so much money for two good months of pitching. After those two good months in 2008, came to spring training in good shape. Then goes off to the World Baseball Classic and comes back out of shape and with his mechanics out of whack. Who goes from tip-top to a complete mess unless they’ve had three million Chicken McNuggets with Ted Higuera in three weeks? Refused to resurrect his career by going to the minor leagues to find himself … even Steve Trachsel did that. Was so bad in 2009 and 2010 that not only did Snoop Manuel have the foresight to not pitch him for a month until the last game of the season went fourteen innings and he had not other choice, but the Mets ate $13 million dollars just to be rid of him.

And don’t give me this “well, he was decent in Game 7 of 2006 and the last game of 2008. He couldn’t even last six innings in ’08, and the only reason he had a quality start in that Game 7 was Endy Chavez.

Why you should hate Joe Torre:

As Yankee manager, he led the club to four titles, becoming a huge Roger Clemens apologist in the process after he threw a bat shard at Mike Piazza. As Met manager, he secretly hatched a 15-year plan to defect to the Yankees, win four titles, and brainwash Mets hero Lee Mazzilli. As MLB Executive VP of Baseball operations, denied the Mets to wear FDNY and NYPD hats in the name of “we didn’t have an opportunity to market this for our own benefit first” uniformity.

Remember, you still have until noon on Friday to decide who advances between Yadier Molina and Mel Rojas. And you have until 3AM Saturday morning to vote on the Ollie vs. Torre matchup. Their fate is in your hands.