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I just hope Ollie’s computer knows if all the defenders are average, all the hitters are average and the ballpark is average, don’t bring in Graceffo.
Today’s analytics wonks can measure and analyze everything there is besides results, so they do. There’s no point talking to them, they’ve got stats derangement. There was a guy at work some time ago telling me he’d take some guy who was 1-7 at the time over a guy who was 7-1 at the time and threw out all manner ofwonky stats to prove he was right. It was pitiful. I just kept eating my sandwich.
I’m not old enough to remember Vince Lombardi but I do remember Hank Stram. 3 yards and a cloud of dust. Real football isn’t played any more.
We need to be looking at 2028 as the year to be a contender, not 2030.
Are you thinking that in the off season after 2027 Bloom should start bringing in top level FA talent? I personally think that whether we compete and when depends on what the system produces, and when. Any FAs are to fill in around the edges short term. I do think Bloom will have to do some trading to even things out. That could commence this winter.
I saw that Brandon Clarke had a dominant first start in AA. If he can keep it all together, he would be a weapon.
Maybe the biggest takeaway is that Hjerpe is not as ready as we thought.
I wonder if Grichuk’s homer was catchable and Scott’s leap misjudged.
On the other hand, the O scored 5 vs a good team. The lineup has exciting potential.
I can enjoy a game without rooting for either side. I just like watching the game being played. I think it comes from watching so many games as a kid where neither I nor whoever I was with had a dog in the fight. We just went to watch the game. A lot of times we just wanted to go to a ballpark we had never been to and just watch whatever game was being played.
José Fermín (R) LF
Iván Herrera (R) DH
Alec Burleson (L) 1B
Joshua Báez (R) RF
Leo Bernal (S) C
Nolan Gorman (L) 3B
Thomas Saggese (R) 2B
Masyn Winn (R) SS
Nathan Church (L) CFWhenever the CBA negotiation rolls around, I give some thought to the antitrust exemption. Ever since the Curt Flood Act in the late 90s carved out an exception to the exemption covering MLB compensation related matters, it has been a dormant subject, generating little or no interest. In March of this year, those few weird fans who pay attention to such things found out that dormant doesn’t mean extinct, as a notable change to the landscape occurred. Previously, it would have been accurate to say that a group consisting of 30 billionaire MLB owners enjoyed an exemption to federal law that applied to no one else. Then in March we found out that the exemption applies to “the business of baseball”, not just to MLB. Specifically, the exemption was found to encompass a professional baseball league in Puerto Rico, and its owners. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit had held that the anti-trust exemption applies to “the business of baseball” and not just to MLB. In March, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review that decision, so it stands. For those interested, the case is Cangrejeros de Santurce, et al. v. Liga de Béisbol Pr., Inc., et al.
I am not saying there is any direct effect, or any effect, on the upcoming CBA goings on. But I am saying the anti-trust exemption is not inert. What has been doesn’t have to be what will be.
The homegrowns filling the middle of the lineup and the imports filling in around the edges is just azz backwards as far as my experience as a Cardinals fan. I’m very excited to see where it goes.
