STLtoday.com Forums
https://interact.stltoday.com/forums/
https://interact.stltoday.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1511455
Defined business plan. Gain strength through better development of players within the system and fill any remaining holes through outside acquisition.Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
Now you've started something!Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
Bloom has a big job ahead of him. Replacing Mo with Chaim cannot come soon enough. I hope Bloom gets the support from ownership he needs to rebuild this team.Cranny wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:19 amDefined business plan. Gain strength through better development of players within the system and fill any remaining holes through outside acquisition.Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
Yes. A truly profound statement from Bernie. Also, Matt Painter to Mizzou!Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
This org has been sliding off the rails for a decade. How can you trust an owner who was complicit with MO in all the terrible decisions that got us to this point…..to have any ability to right the ship? And the process you outline will take YEARS, IF they hit on most prospects. Revenues will be terrible given attendance so obviously no big name signings that might improve fan interest. BDW/MO have really blown up the Golden Goose.Cranny wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:19 amDefined business plan. Gain strength through better development of players within the system and fill any remaining holes through outside acquisition.Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
It's been 14 years.TraveledLessRoad wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:42 amYes. A truly profound statement from Bernie. Also, Matt Painter to Mizzou!Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
The problem with that plan is there are numerous holes to fill, and the ownership has shown thru past actions a strong reluctance to pay for free agents.Cranny wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:19 amDefined business plan. Gain strength through better development of players within the system and fill any remaining holes through outside acquisition.Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
You don’t know what holes there are to fill yet, until you see how the younger players perform over this season - Herrera, Donovan, Gorman. Winn, Saggese, Nootbaar, Scott, Walker, Liberatore, etc. With Mathews and Wetherholt on the horizon. But what holes there are to fill may be short term older players like Berkman, Beltran, Lester, etc.Slip Kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 08:29 amThe problem with that plan is there are numerous holes to fill, and the ownership has shown thru past actions a strong reluctance to pay for free agents.Cranny wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:19 amDefined business plan. Gain strength through better development of players within the system and fill any remaining holes through outside acquisition.Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
Which tells you how catastrophically bad of a take it was.woofy25 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 08:14 amIt's been 14 years.TraveledLessRoad wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:42 amYes. A truly profound statement from Bernie. Also, Matt Painter to Mizzou!Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
You’re right. All those winning seasons didn’t lead to #12.TraveledLessRoad wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 08:45 amWhich tells you how catastrophically bad of a take it was.woofy25 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 08:14 amIt's been 14 years.TraveledLessRoad wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:42 amYes. A truly profound statement from Bernie. Also, Matt Painter to Mizzou!Kentucky kid wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:13 am so much is screwed up about cardinal baseball.Thank you Bernie for telling like it is!!!
Ownership doesn't much seem to care anymore, and that is reflected on the field and in the stands.redbirdfan51 wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 07:33 am
Bloom has a big job ahead of him. Replacing Mo with Chaim cannot come soon enough. I hope Bloom gets the support from ownership he needs to rebuild this team.
+1Lloyd Braun wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 09:10 am My good friends (husband & wife) did not renew their season tickets for 2025. They had 4 seats total.
Last year, they were on the fence, due the downward spiral of the Cardinals play and the fact that they had no idea who would even be on the roster this year. Ultimately, they had decided they'd likely renew. They live only 10 mins from the stadium and they enjoy the activity.
Then they received their end-of-year, season ticket holder appreciation gift - as was customary.
They got one mug - for 4 seats. One mug to be shared between 4 people.
In previous years, they got a gift for each ticket holder. In 2024, the Cardinals only gave 1 gift per group of seats.
My friends called to ask where the other three gift items were. The Cardinals said they were only giving out one gift per group going forward.
That was the last straw. The Cardinals proved right then and there... they are cheap, penny-pinching, unappreciative, cold-hearted owners, that care nothing about the blue-collar fans that keep their business afloat.
It probably cost $0.99 to make and ship those mugs. But the Cardinals are so cheap, short-sited, and so bad at business these days, that they were willing to lose thousands of dollars per group from ticket sales, all to save a couple of bucks on cheap mug giveaways.
That tells you everything one needs to know about the priority of the owners and how little they give care at all today. We have to pray they sell, otherwise, this is just the new norm. And it will likely get worse and worse.
They got mugged!Lloyd Braun wrote: ↑24 Apr 2025 09:10 am My good friends (husband & wife) did not renew their season tickets for 2025. They had 4 seats total.
Last year, they were on the fence, due the downward spiral of the Cardinals play and the fact that they had no idea who would even be on the roster this year. Ultimately, they had decided they'd likely renew. They live only 10 mins from the stadium and they enjoy the activity.
Then they received their end-of-year, season ticket holder appreciation gift - as was customary.
They got one mug - for 4 seats. One mug to be shared between 4 people.
In previous years, they got a gift for each ticket holder. In 2024, the Cardinals only gave 1 gift per group of seats.
My friends called to ask where the other three gift items were. The Cardinals said they were only giving out one gift per group going forward.
That was the last straw. The Cardinals proved right then and there... they are cheap, penny-pinching, unappreciative, cold-hearted owners, that care nothing about the blue-collar fans that keep their business afloat.
It probably cost $0.99 to make and ship those mugs. But the Cardinals are so cheap, short-sited, and so bad at business these days, that they were willing to lose thousands of dollars per group from ticket sales, all to save a couple of bucks on cheap mug giveaways.
That tells you everything one needs to know about the priority of the owners and how little they give care at all today. We have to pray they sell, otherwise, this is just the new norm. And it will likely get worse and worse.