Goold post on Walker making significant changes

[An Old Friend]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

[Goldfan]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

I see exactly how it works

I forgot you Fav Driveline Guy……Ole Noot
Noot ‘25 stats
.234, .325, .686, 13HR, 48RBI in the most games he’s EVER played in a season 135

[Cranny]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Surprisingly good post, Mr. Sunshine.

If only we could recreate Stan Musial batting at the Driveline facility. Would love to hear their analysis on Stan The Man and his bat to ball skills.
He probably would come out of there so confused that his .333 lifetime average would have cratered quickly. lol

Musial’s career average was .331.

[BrockFloodMaris]

Yea, seems like every offseason there is a story about whoever going to Driveline, or whatever facility, and the guy talks about what they're working on and how good they feel.

But it's still a good read. Good to see that he's recognizing some of the things that were pretty obvious the last few years. Hoping it works, because I don't want to give up on the guy. This is probably his last year that he's going to be given a shot like this. Hope he takes advantage.

I hear ya. Every off-season has stories like this. They usually prove to be fools gold. But not always, so there's reason to hope. We've seen glimpses of Walker's ability to hit. He's running out of chances to transform those glimpses into the norm.

They rushed the process. He was on an excellent trajectory but Mozeliak hijacked it I think in the interest of a PR win when it was evident that he still needed further development. I’m hoping he’s still young and impressionable enough that they can salvage him.

He spent 85 games at Memphis in ‘24…..at no point during that stent neither JW or anyone else in the entire org coached him to relax his muscles, close his stance, or lay off the slider off the plate???? Brown made the comment last season that he wasn’t putting in the time or listening to coaching
But to you he was RUSHED. Perhaps he doesn’t want to listen AND doesn’t have the talent to succeed in MLB

We all know that you find the gray cloud around every silver lining. That's ok. Many of us choose to look at the bright side of a story like this. Many of these players are kids we watch play baseball. They all mature at their own pace. Maybe this offseason is JW's time. How mature were you at 23? I was not a very good listener.

IDK….call me jaded
Cards Baseball has wasted 5,6,7yrs on the same exact premise that these young players just needed more time to develop and for whatever reason training they toiled at each offseason….AOF and others come back with their same replies…….his the list of “just need more speed swing vids, driveline career enhancers, etc that were going to put ALL these fine young fellas over the top…late 20’s come….and oh my they’re no better
PDJ
Bader
TO
Carlson
Noot
Ole Noot is 28yrs old AOF has honking his horn and his great Driveline Vids for YEARS…..the guy is the same guy, maybe worse, than when this all started

We agree on the futility of the Cards player development over the last ten years. It’s been pathetic. You give several examples that support the statement. Mo let our player development go in the toilet. We should be surprised that any good Cards prospects developed during that time. I am ready to give Bloom a blank slate and let him be free of MO’s historic failure.

[Clubmaker2]

If it was that easy to learn to recognize a slider, all hitters would hit .300 lol and on average, prospects wouldnt fail.

[An Old Friend]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

I see exactly how it works

I forgot you Fav Driveline Guy……Ole Noot
Noot ‘25 stats
.234, .325, .686, 13HR, 48RBI in the most games he’s EVER played in a season 135

You are very obsessed with Nootbaar and myself. It’s weird.

But not as weird now that we all understand why you’re so indignant. Willful ignorance leads to bad behavior and disingenuous arguments.

I wish that stuff was around when I was pitching, I was obsessed with pitch grips, movement, and design with no data to work with.

[Goldfan]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

I see exactly how it works

I forgot you Fav Driveline Guy……Ole Noot
Noot ‘25 stats
.234, .325, .686, 13HR, 48RBI in the most games he’s EVER played in a season 135

You are very obsessed with Nootbaar and myself. It’s weird.

But not as weird now that we all understand why you’re so indignant. Willful ignorance leads to bad behavior and disingenuous arguments.

I wish that stuff was around when I was pitching, I was obsessed with pitch grips, movement, and design with no data to work with.

Noot was YOUR poster boy. He’s 28 now and no better than we he first came up. For years you said his slash lines would translate to great stats once he could finally stay healthy and be on the field. I disagreed. You stated his time at Driveline would propel him to breakout numbers. I disagreed.
So I’ll ask again….who is this player who was brought up, showed maybe a month or 2 of hope, then faded and THEN did these offseason programs and broke out the next season? You replied Doyle…..he’s a college kid. We have no idea if he’ll make the big club or not. So he doesn’t qualify. Noot is a bust so he’s out. Maybe you know of a fella on a different team. I don’t really follow other teams

[An Old Friend]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

I see exactly how it works

I forgot you Fav Driveline Guy……Ole Noot
Noot ‘25 stats
.234, .325, .686, 13HR, 48RBI in the most games he’s EVER played in a season 135

You are very obsessed with Nootbaar and myself. It’s weird.

But not as weird now that we all understand why you’re so indignant. Willful ignorance leads to bad behavior and disingenuous arguments.

I wish that stuff was around when I was pitching, I was obsessed with pitch grips, movement, and design with no data to work with.

Noot was YOUR poster boy. He’s 28 now and no better than we he first came up. For years you said his slash lines would translate to great stats once he could finally stay healthy and be on the field. I disagreed. You stated his time at Driveline would propel him to breakout numbers. I disagreed.
So I’ll ask again….who is this player who was brought up, showed maybe a month or 2 of hope, then faded and THEN did these offseason programs and broke out the next season? You replied Doyle…..he’s a college kid. We have no idea if he’ll make the big club or not. So he doesn’t qualify. Noot is a bust so he’s out. Maybe you know of a fella on a different team. I don’t really follow other teams

I think it’s really funny what you’ve made up coming off of one discussion about Lars Nootbaar from a couple of years ago. You’ve created this hyperbolic narrative around me and Nootbaar based around some optimism I shared due to his skill set and work ethic.

[Goldfan]

In the minors he was hitting ground balls at about a 45% rate. In St. Louis that was transformed into a 65% rate. The Cardinals sent him down to work on his swing so that his line drive and fly ball rates could go up, but he refused to make any changes. His stance was open to excess, muscle tighter than a drum head. MLB pitchers caught up on his issues and destroyed him.

Going into last year he made some minor changes, was chasing sliders out of the zone less often, but was not making enough contact. When he did make contact he seldom seemed to get the sweet spot on the ball.

It will be interesting if he can find the best way to utilize that muscular, big frame.

In addition, his bat does look more like a tooth pick than a baseball bat in his hands.

One caveat - yes, they sent him back with a mandate but lacked the experience or instructional capabilities to put him in the best position to succeed. It’s literally why Bloom is overhauling the way they develop players.

They had Trackman / Rapsodo technology in the minors sitting unused because no one in the org knew what to do with them.

Ryan Ludwick, who appears to be a very good hitting instructor, personally worked with JW. I have no idea what Trackman/Rapsodo tech is….but is it that complicated to tell a hitter to relax and explode……or for the hitter to start realizing what a SLIDER is? This isn’t rocket science AOF. Somehow they actually had pretty successful MLB players before Driveline and Trackman Perhaps all this tech is mindphucking these poor kids…..too much data and thinking at the plate

Now it makes sense. You bash the tech and strategy because you don’t understand it. Willful ignorance is a plague - you lash out and insult others because that’s easier for you than acknowledging that you don’t know what TF you’re talking about.

At least we got to the bottom of it!

I see exactly how it works

I forgot you Fav Driveline Guy……Ole Noot
Noot ‘25 stats
.234, .325, .686, 13HR, 48RBI in the most games he’s EVER played in a season 135

You are very obsessed with Nootbaar and myself. It’s weird.

But not as weird now that we all understand why you’re so indignant. Willful ignorance leads to bad behavior and disingenuous arguments.

I wish that stuff was around when I was pitching, I was obsessed with pitch grips, movement, and design with no data to work with.

Noot was YOUR poster boy. He’s 28 now and no better than we he first came up. For years you said his slash lines would translate to great stats once he could finally stay healthy and be on the field. I disagreed. You stated his time at Driveline would propel him to breakout numbers. I disagreed.
So I’ll ask again….who is this player who was brought up, showed maybe a month or 2 of hope, then faded and THEN did these offseason programs and broke out the next season? You replied Doyle…..he’s a college kid. We have no idea if he’ll make the big club or not. So he doesn’t qualify. Noot is a bust so he’s out. Maybe you know of a fella on a different team. I don’t really follow other teams

I think it’s really funny what you’ve made up coming off of one discussion about Lars Nootbaar from a couple of years ago. You’ve created this hyperbolic narrative around me and Nootbaar based around some optimism I shared due to his skill set and work ethic.

One discussion?
You raved about his driveline speed swing underwear vid and predicted breakout numbers that season
When that never materialized in following years you blamed injuries and lack of playing time BUT
When he FINALLY plays close to a full season…..finally proving that his abbreviated slash line wasn’t a flash in pan….
Well it never happened….I can understand why you wish to distance yourself now.

[Voldemort]

When a player goes to Driveline, they are there for a week or two. Measurements are made while working with an instructor. They get videoed several times during their work there. Then, they go home and work on their own, or often go to another place that does the same. Hitters do a lot of online communication after their initial visit. Some go back before spring training. Going to Driveline is not an instant fix. It is easy for hitters to slip back into bad habits that they developed over their careers.

I know that a lot of MLB players including some Cardinals set up sessions with another one of my buddies who runs this place:

https://ericcressey.com/

If you care to check out Eric Cressey's baseball podcasts:

https://ericcressey.com/baseball-content/

[Cusecards]

Yea, seems like every offseason there is a story about whoever going to Driveline, or whatever facility, and the guy talks about what they're working on and how good they feel.

But it's still a good read. Good to see that he's recognizing some of the things that were pretty obvious the last few years. Hoping it works, because I don't want to give up on the guy. This is probably his last year that he's going to be given a shot like this. Hope he takes advantage.

I hear ya. Every off-season has stories like this. They usually prove to be fools gold. But not always, so there's reason to hope. We've seen glimpses of Walker's ability to hit. He's running out of chances to transform those glimpses into the norm.

They rushed the process. He was on an excellent trajectory but Mozeliak hijacked it I think in the interest of a PR win when it was evident that he still needed further development. I’m hoping he’s still young and impressionable enough that they can salvage him.

He spent 85 games at Memphis in ‘24…..at no point during that stent neither JW or anyone else in the entire org coached him to relax his muscles, close his stance, or lay off the slider off the plate???? Brown made the comment last season that he wasn’t putting in the time or listening to coaching
But to you he was RUSHED. Perhaps he doesn’t want to listen AND doesn’t have the talent to succeed in MLB

We all know that you find the gray cloud around every silver lining. That's ok. Many of us choose to look at the bright side of a story like this. Many of these players are kids we watch play baseball. They all mature at their own pace. Maybe this offseason is JW's time. How mature were you at 23? I was not a very good listener.

Welcome to the club with Old Friend, etc of those who have figured him out!
You could probably substitute “miserable” with “mad” all the time.

Fellas….I’m probably the most fun and happiest MFer you’ll ever be around. I am tired of (bleep) Cards baseball and very curious why “good” baseball fans such as yourself can’t see a spade for a spade
But if it makes y’all feel better this offseason living in fantasy land that JW figured out how to relax his muscles…..have at it

It’s an opinion forum and the opinions all seem to be the same.
I’m sure you’re a load of laughs in person.
Good for you!

How about “Don’t Get Fooled Again”

You forgot your emojis Mr. Sunshine.

Cuse, I think you and I want an exciting winning Cards Baseball team in the near future. I just have great frustration with prolonged MLB tryouts for obvious underwhelming talent. Hopefully Bloom has less patience for this past process

Of course I want an exciting winning team.
Been pulling for that for decades. Of course there are fans of 29 other teams pulling for the same thing.
While I am a passionate sports fan I also remind myself that it is entertainment and try to approach it as so.
I also consider myself an “optimist“ or “glass full” fan.

But that’s me and I don’t presume to tell another fan what their approach should be. That’s personal.
I also try to remind myself that if the daily performance of a sports team is making me miserable then maybe I need to take a step back, look in the mirror, and do a reality check?

[Goldfan]

Yea, seems like every offseason there is a story about whoever going to Driveline, or whatever facility, and the guy talks about what they're working on and how good they feel.

But it's still a good read. Good to see that he's recognizing some of the things that were pretty obvious the last few years. Hoping it works, because I don't want to give up on the guy. This is probably his last year that he's going to be given a shot like this. Hope he takes advantage.

I hear ya. Every off-season has stories like this. They usually prove to be fools gold. But not always, so there's reason to hope. We've seen glimpses of Walker's ability to hit. He's running out of chances to transform those glimpses into the norm.

They rushed the process. He was on an excellent trajectory but Mozeliak hijacked it I think in the interest of a PR win when it was evident that he still needed further development. I’m hoping he’s still young and impressionable enough that they can salvage him.

He spent 85 games at Memphis in ‘24…..at no point during that stent neither JW or anyone else in the entire org coached him to relax his muscles, close his stance, or lay off the slider off the plate???? Brown made the comment last season that he wasn’t putting in the time or listening to coaching
But to you he was RUSHED. Perhaps he doesn’t want to listen AND doesn’t have the talent to succeed in MLB

We all know that you find the gray cloud around every silver lining. That's ok. Many of us choose to look at the bright side of a story like this. Many of these players are kids we watch play baseball. They all mature at their own pace. Maybe this offseason is JW's time. How mature were you at 23? I was not a very good listener.

Welcome to the club with Old Friend, etc of those who have figured him out!
You could probably substitute “miserable” with “mad” all the time.

Fellas….I’m probably the most fun and happiest MFer you’ll ever be around. I am tired of (bleep) Cards baseball and very curious why “good” baseball fans such as yourself can’t see a spade for a spade
But if it makes y’all feel better this offseason living in fantasy land that JW figured out how to relax his muscles…..have at it

It’s an opinion forum and the opinions all seem to be the same.
I’m sure you’re a load of laughs in person.
Good for you!

How about “Don’t Get Fooled Again”

You forgot your emojis Mr. Sunshine.

Cuse, I think you and I want an exciting winning Cards Baseball team in the near future. I just have great frustration with prolonged MLB tryouts for obvious underwhelming talent. Hopefully Bloom has less patience for this past process

Of course I want an exciting winning team.
Been pulling for that for decades. Of course there are fans of 29 other teams pulling for the same thing.
While I am a passionate sports fan I also remind myself that it is entertainment and try to approach it as so.
I also consider myself an “optimist“ or “glass full” fan.

But that’s me and I don’t presume to tell another fan what their approach should be. That’s personal.
I also try to remind myself that if the daily performance of a sports team is making me miserable then maybe I need to take a step back, look in the mirror, and do a reality check?

This is an anonymous back and forth chat forum about Cards Baseball. To assume this is somehow a facsimile for a posters real life or mental state is hilarious. If there are posters who are consumed with this forum as something meaningful or real…..or posters take from these meaningless printed words about a game and attempt to psychoanalyze perhaps those posters should seek some therapy.
There’s a great documentary on Greg Maddux I just saw on ESPN or MLB network. The man lived to give his teammates, friends, others around him chit and literally phucked with them 24/7. This is how men interact or at least used to. You should give a watch, perhaps you’ll start to understand how some posters interact here….its all in good fun

[Cusecards]

I hear ya. Every off-season has stories like this. They usually prove to be fools gold. But not always, so there's reason to hope. We've seen glimpses of Walker's ability to hit. He's running out of chances to transform those glimpses into the norm.

They rushed the process. He was on an excellent trajectory but Mozeliak hijacked it I think in the interest of a PR win when it was evident that he still needed further development. I’m hoping he’s still young and impressionable enough that they can salvage him.

He spent 85 games at Memphis in ‘24…..at no point during that stent neither JW or anyone else in the entire org coached him to relax his muscles, close his stance, or lay off the slider off the plate???? Brown made the comment last season that he wasn’t putting in the time or listening to coaching
But to you he was RUSHED. Perhaps he doesn’t want to listen AND doesn’t have the talent to succeed in MLB

We all know that you find the gray cloud around every silver lining. That's ok. Many of us choose to look at the bright side of a story like this. Many of these players are kids we watch play baseball. They all mature at their own pace. Maybe this offseason is JW's time. How mature were you at 23? I was not a very good listener.

Welcome to the club with Old Friend, etc of those who have figured him out!
You could probably substitute “miserable” with “mad” all the time.

Fellas….I’m probably the most fun and happiest MFer you’ll ever be around. I am tired of (bleep) Cards baseball and very curious why “good” baseball fans such as yourself can’t see a spade for a spade
But if it makes y’all feel better this offseason living in fantasy land that JW figured out how to relax his muscles…..have at it

It’s an opinion forum and the opinions all seem to be the same.
I’m sure you’re a load of laughs in person.
Good for you!

How about “Don’t Get Fooled Again”

You forgot your emojis Mr. Sunshine.

Cuse, I think you and I want an exciting winning Cards Baseball team in the near future. I just have great frustration with prolonged MLB tryouts for obvious underwhelming talent. Hopefully Bloom has less patience for this past process

Of course I want an exciting winning team.
Been pulling for that for decades. Of course there are fans of 29 other teams pulling for the same thing.
While I am a passionate sports fan I also remind myself that it is entertainment and try to approach it as so.
I also consider myself an “optimist“ or “glass full” fan.

But that’s me and I don’t presume to tell another fan what their approach should be. That’s personal.
I also try to remind myself that if the daily performance of a sports team is making me miserable then maybe I need to take a step back, look in the mirror, and do a reality check?

This is an anonymous back and forth chat forum about Cards Baseball. To assume this is somehow a facsimile for a posters real life or mental state is hilarious. If there are posters who are consumed with this forum as something meaningful or real…..or posters take from these meaningless printed words about a game and attempt to psychoanalyze perhaps those posters should seek some therapy.
There’s a great documentary on Greg Maddux I just saw on ESPN or MLB network. The man lived to give his teammates, friends, others around him chit and literally phucked with them 24/7. This is how men interact or at least used to. You should give a watch, perhaps you’ll start to understand how some posters interact here….its all in good fun

Thanks for the Soliloquy Shakespeare!
You’re a fine one to give advice on “interacting”.
You don’t interact at all!
You either post the opinions of others or moan/groan/whine on a daily basis. This interaction started because I agreed with OTHER posters who told you the same thing. LOL
We don’t like each other.
Take a hike!