ICCFIM2 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2026 12:33 pm
Interesting. But, is he who we really want owning the team? He is worth a lot, but $2.5B is not open checkbook wealth given the baseball salary structure. Plus, isn't this the same guy that started a development in Augusta MO, started buying stuff and then stopped?
^^^THIS^^^
And the Cardinals are valued at $2.5B so he'd need partners (like BDWJr did when he purchased them).
I've heard this rumor before that the Washington, Mo native wanted to buy the Cardinals.
I think this is all just chatter................but lets keep a close eye on it since BDWJr may not like the climate around MLB after the new CBA is announced and there's no salary cap.
Wonder if the Taylors or the WWT tandem would be interested in joining that group. They're already both involved with SC City (at least Taylors and Kavanaugh, not idea what Steward does with his money).
Maybe Jack Dorsey or Sam Altman would bring some youth and technology focused leadership? Rodger Riney is long in the tooth, but maybe bored in retirement? Pujols should have plenty of scratch to invest! Is Johnny Morris a Cardinals fan?
From what I know the Taylors not interested in the Cardinals.
Dorsey doesn't seem like much of a sports enthusiast and Altman's too busy w/ChatGPT.
I actually interviewed once w/Rodger to be his first branch mgr when I was a young broker and he was moving his two office Arizona brokerage HQ to St. Louis (Scottsdale Securities was it's name at that time)......after meeting for a couple hours he told me his vision to be bigger than Schwab..... I thought he was crazy and passed on the job....big mistake on my part.
Well, I don’t know about bigger…..but they made it into Schwab…
ICCFIM2 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2026 12:33 pm
Interesting. But, is he who we really want owning the team? He is worth a lot, but $2.5B is not open checkbook wealth given the baseball salary structure. Plus, isn't this the same guy that started a development in Augusta MO, started buying stuff and then stopped?
^^^THIS^^^
And the Cardinals are valued at $2.5B so he'd need partners (like BDWJr did when he purchased them).
I've heard this rumor before that the Washington, Mo native wanted to buy the Cardinals.
I think this is all just chatter................but lets keep a close eye on it since BDWJr may not like the climate around MLB after the new CBA is announced and there's no salary cap.
Wonder if the Taylors or the WWT tandem would be interested in joining that group. They're already both involved with SC City (at least Taylors and Kavanaugh, not idea what Steward does with his money).
Maybe Jack Dorsey or Sam Altman would bring some youth and technology focused leadership? Rodger Riney is long in the tooth, but maybe bored in retirement? Pujols should have plenty of scratch to invest! Is Johnny Morris a Cardinals fan?
From what I know the Taylors not interested in the Cardinals.
Dorsey doesn't seem like much of a sports enthusiast and Altman's too busy w/ChatGPT.
I actually interviewed once w/Rodger to be his first branch mgr when I was a young broker and he was moving his two office Arizona brokerage HQ to St. Louis (Scottsdale Securities was it's name at that time)......after meeting for a couple hours he told me his vision to be bigger than Schwab..... I thought he was crazy and passed on the job....big mistake on my part.
Correct - unless things have changed recently. The Taylors have taken the approach of modestly supporting (in billionaire's terms) a ton of civic causes around STL as opposed to throwing a bunch of money at one or two big ventures. Yeah, they're a huge player in STL City, but the next time you visit an attraction around St. Louis (SLSO, Botanical Gardens, the Zoo, etc.), check their board/wall of donors. You'll be hard-pressed not to see the Taylor name, Enterprise, the Crawford Group, etc. They also contribute a ton of money annually to United Way, even though that's less visible.
ICCFIM2 wrote: ↑05 Feb 2026 12:33 pm
Interesting. But, is he who we really want owning the team? He is worth a lot, but $2.5B is not open checkbook wealth given the baseball salary structure. Plus, isn't this the same guy that started a development in Augusta MO, started buying stuff and then stopped?
^^^THIS^^^
And the Cardinals are valued at $2.5B so he'd need partners (like BDWJr did when he purchased them).
I've heard this rumor before that the Washington, Mo native wanted to buy the Cardinals.
I think this is all just chatter................but lets keep a close eye on it since BDWJr may not like the climate around MLB after the new CBA is announced and there's no salary cap.
Wonder if the Taylors or the WWT tandem would be interested in joining that group. They're already both involved with SC City (at least Taylors and Kavanaugh, not idea what Steward does with his money).
Maybe Jack Dorsey or Sam Altman would bring some youth and technology focused leadership? Rodger Riney is long in the tooth, but maybe bored in retirement? Pujols should have plenty of scratch to invest! Is Johnny Morris a Cardinals fan?
From what I know the Taylors not interested in the Cardinals.
Dorsey doesn't seem like much of a sports enthusiast and Altman's too busy w/ChatGPT.
I actually interviewed once w/Rodger to be his first branch mgr when I was a young broker and he was moving his two office Arizona brokerage HQ to St. Louis (Scottsdale Securities was it's name at that time)......after meeting for a couple hours he told me his vision to be bigger than Schwab..... I thought he was crazy and passed on the job....big mistake on my part.
Correct - unless things have changed recently. The Taylors have taken the approach of modestly supporting (in billionaire's terms) a ton of civic causes around STL as opposed to throwing a bunch of money at one or two big ventures. Yeah, they're a huge player in STL City, but the next time you visit an attraction around St. Louis (SLSO, Botanical Gardens, the Zoo, etc.), check their board/wall of donors. You'll be hard-pressed not to see the Taylor name, Enterprise, the Crawford Group, etc. They also contribute a ton of money annually to United Way, even though that's less visible.
Bingo, verifies what I knew from my banking days downtown.
