stlouisinsite's Blog

If the Cardinals' crack management team has a message, it seems to be 'we love mediocrity.'  So Tony takes Todd Wellmeyer out of the rotation after he looks great beating the Giants to put the Ole Kipper back in the rotation.  Between Kip and another prince of mediocrity, Brad Thompson, who probably couldn't put up numbers starting in Triple A, here's yesterday's combined stats:  3 innings pitched, 16 hits, 10 runs, 7 earned runs.  Yes, that's right...three innings pitched, 16 hits, and 10 runs.  Look it up...    

Cardinal spin now is Wellemeyer has an elbow strain.  Whatever...Even ESPN announcers think something is funny here..."It doesn't make sense," announcer Mark Grace said, that after winning the World Series you let Jeff Suppan and Jeff Weaver walk, two big reasons the Cards got there last year.....Instead Genius Jockety dumped $19 million on injury-prone Edmonds, $13 million on another prima donna, Mark Mulder, who was horrible last year, and perhaps thankfully hasn't pitched this year, and gave ace  Carpenter, who has a history of injuries, several million more to extend after he was already signed for at least two more years....

NO, it doesn't make sense....unless the message really is....'WE LOVE MEDIOCRITY' 

What a way to start the second half....These birds are bird-brained....Hey, Walt, if you want to dump some more of the bosses' money, look me up, I'm available....