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There is no shortage of elements to examine in one’s search for the ultimate measure of success, but in the end Lombardi had it right (if in fact Vince is really the one who coined the saying).
bw53: Say Bloom trades Donovan and the guy Bloom trades for gets injured. What’s the difference?
Injury is the great eight ball of sports. It’s destiny.
I can see some logic in trading Donovan (which I strongly oppose) but how are we going to end up with somebody better than Donovan if we have so little of value to sell? Or do we just get another Donovan whom we don’t know, and a couple of sub-Donovans some other team wants to unload. Right now, we already have a real Donovan and a boatload of sub-Donovans.
The excitement of it all just sends chills down my back. I just love it when winning baseball games is no longer a priority.
Yessir, winter meetings these days rank right up there with Rat’s southwestern Indiana weather reports (no offense intended R).
The wild card is deflating baseball. The name of the game should be WINNING, not hoping maybe with a second or even third place we could sneak in the back door. Playoffs should be among winners, not also-rans.
LA Card: Any idea who the “people” are doing the talking about the Cardinals losing $50 million a year and where they find that figure?
I don’t know why it is, but my gut tells me Dewitt is not losing any money. He may not be making as much as he’d like but I’d be surprised if he’s losing money. Of course I have no real figures to back up my gut.
The Cardinal management has clearly told us that winning is not a priority. They try to dress it up with various alleged long-range strategies to make us believe that this is anything other than a plan to stuff maximum money with minimum effort into the pockets of ownership. That is, of course, their right. Baseball is first and foremost a business and the guys who count the beans can do whatever they want, including keeping on a mediocre manager if that serves their purpose. If the customers don’t like the resulting product they can all take a jump in the Mississippi. When the last bean has been squeezed out of the fans the owners will no doubt sell up and move on.
I liked having Pozo around and hope to see him back when all the juggling is done. He seemed like a joyous player, from the little one can conclude just watching TV.
Same to you Dom, and to Cardinal lovers everywhere from a land that’s never heard of Thanksgiving. No turkey for Madame CiF and I, but I’m planning to roast a big chicken, make some delicious gratin dauphinois and top it off with a pumpkin pie. We do indeed have a lot to be thankful for.
Just the thought of another year of Gorman agitating the oxygen molecules at the plate gives me a rash.
Donovan is definitely a keeper at a modest cost. Seems Gray would cost more to trade than to keep, getting little of value in return. Anybody else can go, but not at giveaway prices just to cut payroll.
The news about Burley makes me smile. He has earned his place in the lineup and I look forward to watching him work in 2026.
“Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing!”
Of course Vince Lombardi didn’t really say that.
And he certainly wasn’t running a lower tier MLB team vying for league handouts.
Well, I predicted the Dodgers to win the series but I’m really pulling for those pesky Jays! I was in the Skydome 32 years ago when Joe Carter hit that walk-off dinger to win it all. Maybe Vlad can make 40 million Canadians happy with a repeat today.
Final din-din of the season was a simple chicken soup with plenty of vegetables followed by a dish of Haagen-Dazs.
Just watched a replay of yesterday’s game and am still smiling at the treatment of those mighty Dodgers. Be delighted to see more of the same.
Despite having a soft spot in my heart for the Jays, after toiling for five years in their fair city during their last glory years in the 90s, I just don’t see how anybody is going to beat the Dodgers this year. I’m going to have to sign up with the majority going for Los Angeles in 5.
As an aside, I’m also glad to see Edman hitting the jackpot with LA and not forced to slog around in the cellar mud with the floundering Cardinals.
