This does not seem to be part of their plan, sorry.
I have no idea. It's hard to think in these terms giving the year and how much you'd have to un-see to pull off an answer here. I guess it would mean they'd have more money to spend, they'd keep Wong, and they'd be out there looking for a surefire addition to the lineup.They'd just be in play for some of the names out there, instead of biding their time, and the early weeks of December would be more exciting as far as coverage goes. Not sure of the outcome. I imagine they and the Rockies would have to talk Arenado and bring that to a rest.
I'm a fan. Glad it happened. Al Michaels is obviously well-known for football now and hockey forever, but as a young baseball fan in 1989 he was part of the broadcast that I watched of the World Series, the night of the earthquake, and hanging in my office right now is that copy of Sports Illustrated. Why? Because watching that broadcast and keeping notes during it is what prompted an English teacher to ask me this question: "Have you ever thought of being a journalist?" I hadn't thought of it to that point, but I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
Posted so you can brag if it happens that you saw it coming. First losing season in 14 years. There would be serious ramifications and changes as a result.
I understand what you're saying, and that's correct -- but don't overstate it. The big money is in the sale of the team, with the good money coming from the loans, etc., that a team can get because of the value or the land it can sell (and has sold, in the Cardinals' case). They can do some things to cash in on the value -- however, and I want stress this, that value is not what some magazine says it is. Sorry, it's just not. And basing arguments on that is not necessary. There are better ways. Better info. What people pay for a stake, yep. That's a good read on it, but it's not public. The Cardinals have added some owners in recent years, and they have also had the overall DeWitt family ownership of the team increase. When we get the clearest sense of the franchise value is through Atlanta's public filings and through the sale of other teams. Again, the big money is cashing out for a sale.
Will Cardinals Nation be patient enough for that? Do they have the stomach -- even the fans who have wanted the team to tank?
Nah. It's a Cardinals chat. And a lot of chatters can read the way the wind blows.
Pitchers. From their depth. Think of some of the pitchers who have a year, two in the service time, and may be in long relief roles for the Cardinals if not in the rotation.
Thanks for clarifying. As I said, I may have misread the use of ASAP, and hoped that you meant it in less blunt and more optimistic tones. I appreciate you coming back to explain.
Thanks for clarifying. As I said, I may have misread the use of ASAP, and hoped that you meant it in less blunt and more optimistic tones. I appreciate you coming back to explain.
Here's the other side of the argument, and one of you will be right a year from now.
No chance. That would not be ideal when it comes to competitive balance and the goal of all leagues to at least offer some chance to every team to win at some point. This would only prolong the rules of the Yankees and the Dodgers and so long fun teams like the White Sox that we've seen this winter.
Nope. I think he's having fun.
The Cardinals see what you see. They share your opinion -- that they need a hitter. They don't use batting average to describe that because batting average is faulty. And they want to know damage. That's why they look at slugging and then mix it with OPS because they want a hitter who does damage and does not make outs, and slugging and OPS tell them that better than batting average, which says a double and a single are worth the same. And what tells them they need more damage in the lineup is the "analytics" that your deride. So you, in effect, agree with the men and women in the analytics department who are saying that the team needs more of this, and maybe your issue is with the "baseball men" who insist that prospects will provide it.
Clarity on when and where and how long the season will be is a good place to start.
Sure seems like it should be. Mazara hasn't moved the needle though. The Cardinals had a chance to get him a year ago, and they even had members of the front office stumping for him. Didn't happen. Now he's one disappointing season removed from that advocacy.
Treading water seems like a fair description at the moment. I don't get the sense they're keeping fans all that happy, or that's even a goal. Do fans seem happy to you?
And here comes the issue. I don't get to see that, and now I have to decide whether to take the 20-30 minutes to fix this or press on to answer more questions. Maybe I should put up the poll.
This sentiment is shared by others, but it was only recently -- and only once! -- that they didn't sell out a playoff game. So there hasn't been the widespread rejection described.
