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by Ted Bauer

WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORST 'CASTING DECISIONS' EVER, WE'LL TAKE CLEVELAND NOT STICKING WITH BELICHICK

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NLCS starts tonight. (We'll be watching Kath and Kim. Sorry, just kidding.) The central storyline, unless you're from Philadelphia, is Manny. Running alongside that storyline like the dog in the Marley and Me trailer is this one: Joe Torre. Seriously, what were the Yankees thinking with that offer? Sure, no titles since the Subway Series. We get it. But to manage a team in New York and make the playoffs for more than a decade straight? Isn't that worth two years? Heck, Cashman just got more than that after their worst season in 15 years. With Torre being in LA and all, we decided to investigate some other bad 'casting decisions' in sports and otherwise. One caveat: there's usually a reason someone 'loses a role' in one place. Doesn't always make it right, though.

TOP 5
RANK (YESTERDAY)		WHAT	WHY
	1 (68)	CLEVELAND JETTISONS BILL BELICHICK	Don't get us wrong. The dude went 36-44 in Cleveland and benched Bernie Kosar, so he wasn't exactly getting the LeBron treatment over there. Still, that playoff win he scored in '94? That's the last one for the franchise. His staff was ridiculous out there too: Eric Mangini, Nick Saban, Kirk Ferentz, etc. Could the Browns have been a dynasty?
	2 (62)	RAIDERS DUMP RANDY MOSS	Again, like the Torre situation in Hank Steinbrenner's eyes, this move had to happen (for Al Davis and company). What happens? He has maybe the best single-season by a WR ever.
	3 (79)	KEANU REEVES IN THE LAKE HOUSE	This was laughable.
	4 (92)	VAN HALEN LETTING SAMMY HAGAR GO	He made later appearances with 'em, but the band was never really the same without Hagar. Ha, you ever listen to Sammy and the Waboritas? Kinda painful.
	5 (87)	SNL LETTING MARTIN LAWRENCE HOST	What the heck? It basically destroyed the opening monlogue for years after Lawrence went off on his rant. On this topic, this is a rather informative and entertaining list of bad decisions that Lorne Michaels has made.

HONORABLE MENTION
RANK (YESTERDAY)		WHAT	WHY
	82 (139)	ELIZABETH BANKS IN W	We're supposed to buy Banks as First Lady Laura Bush at all? Then, we're supposed to buy her in an Oliver Stone Presidential flick the same month she's in Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno?
	103 (1,870)	THE 49ERS LOSING TERRELL OWENS	He was a pompous arse, sure. It was probably good for team chemistry. But since then, the Eagles have made the Super Bowl and the Cowboys could well this year. (Although, distraction #1 is afoot!)

RISING AND FALLING
MOVEMENT		WHAT
		BOSTON DUMPING MANNY (Had to happen, but what if they lose the World Series to LA?)
		ROBERT ZEMECKIS PICKS MICHAEL J. FOX INSTEAD OF ERIC STOLTZ (Could you imagine Stoltz as Marty McFly? Sheesh.)

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