Spoiled or Fed Up?

 I have been a St. Louis Cardinal baseball fan my entire life.  Our family moved to the St. Louis area when I was two, and I spent my growing up years there.  I haven't lived there since 1995, so I have been gone for almost 30 years.

Still my allegiance to the Birds on the Bat remains.   In the 10 years I have lived in Alabama, I have subscribed to MLB TV each year so I can continue to watch the Cardinals on a nightly basis.  Yes, I have to admit, I still live and die with the Redbirds.

I have to admit Cardinal fans are spoiled, and I put myself in that category.  As members of Cardinal Nation we are used to winning baseball.  In my lifetime the Cardinals have been consistently good.  In my 67 years, the Cardinals have been to the World Series 10 times and won four of them.  How many teams can you name who have won 10 pennants in the last 67 years?  Two.  The Yankees with 18 and the Dodgers with 12.   Here is another way to look at it.  In my lifetime, since 1957, the Cardinals have only finished under .500 17 times.  Perhaps the most amazing stat of all is they have not had back-to-back losing seasons since 1958-59.  Something they could do this year!

I write all of that to say this.  We are spoiled, I am spoiled.  To watch the Cardinals the past two years has been tough.  It has been infuriating.  It has been disheartening, and I point the finger directly at the front office.  Executive V.P. John Mozeliak and his staff have let this happen on their watch.

The drafting of high school and college players has gotten worse and to go along with that, the talent assessment of players under team control is lacking.   How many players in the last 10 years have the Cardinals traded that have gone on and done extremely well elsewhere.  Let's name the obvious ones.  Zac Gallen, Sany Alcantara, Adolis Garcia, Randy Arozarena, Jack Flaherty, Lane Thomas, Tommy Edman, Tyler O'Neill.  Who will be next?  Nolan Gorman?  Lars Nootbaar?  Alec Burleson?  There seemingly refusal to own up to the disaster that has become the Cardinals is alarming.

My suggestion?  Cleans house, starting with Mo, the GM, and field manager Oliver Marmol and his staff.  A sense of complacency and lack of urgency has infected the entire organization.

Yes I am spoiled.  But I am also angry and fed up