Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
"Butters" :-):-):-)
Yeah - that's an old one. Goes way back to the Alex Reyes days.
Reyes wouldn't do anything but ignore coaching and get lit up - would still get a spot in the starting 5. Thompson would go out there and pitch to his defense, get outs and just otherwise be a good soldier....and ride the Memphis shuttle.
So I said "Man, the Cardinals treat this dude like Butters at the NAMBLA convention..."
And thus a nickname was born.
I forget that it's pretty much a nickname that about 25 people actually understand. I just use it as a matter of course. When that dude retires at 85 years old after spending 5 decades on the mic, he'll still be Butters to me.
Mostly because "Lesbian Volleyball Coach with Downs" takes too long to type. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Yeah - that's an old one. Goes way back to the Alex Reyes days.
Reyes wouldn't do anything but ignore coaching and get lit up - would still get a spot in the starting 5. Thompson would go out there and pitch to his defense, get outs and just otherwise be a good soldier....and ride the Memphis shuttle.
So I said "Man, the Cardinals treat this dude like Butters at the NAMBLA convention..."
And thus a nickname was born.
I forget that it's pretty much a nickname that about 25 people actually understand. I just use it as a matter of course. When that dude retires at 85 years old after spending 5 decades on the mic, he'll still be Butters to me.
Mostly because "Lesbian Volleyball Coach with Downs" takes too long to type.
That "butters" post is in the birdsonthebat.com hall of fame. [Reply]
The Cardinals franchise was in a bad spot when DeWitt bought it. He did a great job of putting together a successful operation for one of the greatest eras of Cardinals baseball. But franchise leadership let the system/product go stale. And now it’s rotting. Sad.
Originally Posted by Marcellus:
Should have done that after last season, instead we gave an extension to the manager and ownership claimed the FO is doing good work.
This team is 3 years away from being relevant if they got someone with half a brain in charge tomorrow.
I said last May that this just isn't a single-season process. They had 3 years of trying to rebuild this thing ahead of them. And all they're doing is delaying that clock.
They could've started last deadline and into the offseason and been a few steps down the road; probably about where the Reds were in 2019. The Reds have slowly built their foundation back (with no meaningful fan support) and have managed .500 records or better in 3 of the last 4 seasons, with a team that's gotten younger every season.
Now they're in the tough spot of finishing off the rebuild and making themselves relevant. But they have a foundation in place that would allow for good decisions that could bring them back to 90 win territory.
Now the Reds draw less than 2 million fans/season so they'll struggle there. But this team shouldn't. You give the Cardinals a young foundation that can get them to .500 and a smart front office and they absolutely should be able to get to 90-92 wins again. And with a little luck and development, they can push that to 96+.
This team just lacks any sort of vision to even be seen in the same light as a fairly mediocre franchise like Cincy. Those guys aren't full of wiz kids over there - it's a pretty average front office. They're just better than the arrogant and rudderless ship this mess of a squad has. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
****ing sports talk radio man... 500 would be a success for this team and a sign MO has them in the right direction! Homer ****ing garbage.
.500 is a pipe dream for this club. The solid pitching isn't going to hold up especially with the lack of offense stressing the fuck out of them everyday having to be near perfect. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Pasta Little Brioni:
Fucking sports talk radio man... 500 would be a success for this team and a sign MO has them in the right direction! Homer fucking garbage.
These motherfuckers gave Paul DeJong a standing ovation Friday.
They take pride in not giving a shit about actual success.
