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Eh, it's Mo that has my ire anyway. Like I said, for not being a fan of either recent managers, my blame falls to the turd GM that keeps assembling these flawed rosters. It's absolutely CRIMINAL that MO was even in a position to be able to fire Shildt and skate by himself.
The fans were calling for Ollie's head in the stands last night but in typical Cardinals fan fashion ignore the root of the problem. Marmot will simply be made the fall guy
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The team won 18 straight because Shildt continued to work on guys like O'Neill, Whitley, Carlson, etc... and found ways to make them productive and maximize their abilities. They were playing hard and you can call that sequencing all you want, but they were creating those opportunities for themselves by simply battling every game. And as I said in the Royals thread - everyone complains about strength of schedule for teams but then their guys still go out and lose to them. At a point you're just looking for reasons not to give credit, not any sort of discrediting factor. And the problem with the Cardinals 'pitch to contact' philosophy is that they didn't actually have one of those for about 5 years but now they've been forced into it by a simple lack of talent. As I said a few days ago, they were ahead of the curve on this before simple laziness and incompetence on the part of Mozeliak set them back literally 15 years. If Shildt isn't a good manager, then baseball has maybe 4 of those. He's still, relative to his peers and the impact he can actually make on a game to game basis, a good manager. And frankly, between the lines isn't as critical as managing the grind. He did that extremely well and we saw players progressing on his watch that have regressed since his departure. Would this roster be substantially more successful with Shildt at the helm? Eh - depends on 'substantial'. This is probably a .525 true talent ballclub; 85 wins or so. Would they be WS favorites? No. Would they be last in the NL? Abso****inglutely not. And without the free hand granted by a yes man like Marmol, this wouldn't be the roster we have anyway.
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It's not even Mozeliak anymore - it's DeWitt. He doesn't give a **** and if he did, Mozeliak would've been fired 5 years ago.
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10-2 in the 3rd. All you can do is laugh.
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Two shit shows in less than 24 hours. Is DeWitt even paying attention?
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But hey - this team doesn't quit. Martheny told me so.
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This organization is a dumpster fire |
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The FO is getting what they deserve.
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Did you hear what I said?
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Well, JLM shit himself and I'm certain his season ending injury started today. that's a steo in the right direction I guess.
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I thought you were a Mo backer?
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Oli looks like he's strung a little tight at the moment in the post-game.
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They clawed back to 11-7.
NO QUIT IN THESE DAWGS, BOYS!!!!! Chip Carey turning into Harry Doyle for a minute there was fun. "Line Drive up the middle by Phillips. That's his first hit since August..." In a straight deadpan. It was just straight out of Major League.
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