Most of us would fawn at any of the figures being bantered about by Management, our eyes absolutely bulge at the Players’ proposals. A minimum salary of 700+ thousand per season, which isn’t even a full year of work!? Yes, sign me up. That is the mindset of poor boys from poor families. And MLB is counting on that sentiment to help keep the fans on their side.
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Well, Shildt. Red Birds need a Skipper.
The Cardinals needed to make this move as much, if not more, than Vegas needed to move on from their coach. Who should the Cardinals hire? This is always a conundrum at the professional level. Put your chips in the middle on a potential wunderkind, a seasoned coach (bench, batting, pitching, 1st or 3rd base, etc), or a re-tread manager? In every sport, these are the options, the NFL and NBA (not so much NHL and MLB) also add a fourth tier “the exciting college coach” with mixed results.
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Some will say “congratulate the Birds, they fought hard” and though that is true, with achievement comes expectation. Though this team was left for dead only one month ago, they awakened to go on a run not seen in over 100 years in baseball. Having done that, going out with a whimper after one game was anticlimactic.
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