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Cards still got their 90 wins +/- 1 SD in this year so the organization's seasonal goal was still accomplished. The real kicker is the Dodger's likely Wild Card spot: imagine being a scummy organization that utilizes literal human trafficking to gain talent on top of hundreds of millions of dollars in salary (paid to sexual abusers, too!) only to be relegated to a 50/50 play-in game despite winning over 100 games. Lmao.

Best case scenario is still the Dodgers tying for the division on the last day, having to burn Scherzer in Game 163, lose, and have to rely on their 3rd or 4th starter in the Wild Card. In any case, I'd still much rather face the Dodgers in a WC game where the odds are 50/50 at best and anything can happen vs over a longer series. If the Cards advance past the WC, their chance against the Giants are much better since they've played them well this season and their team isn't nearly as intimidating as the Dodgers.

Still need the team to win 90 games though, since it'll force Nate over at VEB to get this season's rally animal, the Squat, tattooed on himself.

...pretty much what someone who is trying to sell the team would say 

dbInSouthCity wrote: ↑

Sep 30, 2021

Do the Dewitts want to get rid of their lions share?  Probably not

AFAIK the DeWitts have always actually been fairly small minority owners of the team and are more or less just the figureheads and public faces of the ownership group. But Bill is getting up there in age; he might be thinking about stepping away from his current positions and seeing if the other owners are okay with letting BDW III take over fully as managing partner and chairman.

One thing that throws a wrench into that is that BDW Jr. is one of the most influential owners in MLB, and who knows how much that would play into anything happening.

^ Apparently they own no more than 50% as of 2020, per Goold.

Shildt-canned. Mike was way too old-school of a manager for a team trying to compete with the big dogs; it's well past time for a more analytically-inclined manager to take the helm. Hopefully they look outside of the organization this time to avoid the "Cardinal Way inbreeding" that tends to permeate the team.

Hopefully means no more intentional walks in the 2nd(!!) inning anymore.

Its baffling but they aren't in the line up because of their general understanding and acceptance of established science.

Baseball players would shamefully injecting themselves with all sorts of experimental steroids 20 years ago but now they won't take a basic vaccine that has been proven harmless and effective and is required to play in certain cities.  People are weird.