Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Cardinals fans in revolt over team's offseason strategy

Sometimes magical emails just appear in my inbox. I came home with no ideas about what to write during an evening in, and then, as luck would have it, one of you did my work for me. Republished with permission in its entirety:

CM,

Can you believe this shit?! We are the Cubs. Hypothetical conversations inside Cards war room:

Exec 1 Who cares how lousy the team is? The fans are morons and will pay for tickets regardless.
Exec 2 (laughing): No kidding, in fact let's raise prices!
Exec 1 (lighting a cigar for him & E2): Capital idea.

We're going to get Chris Capuano & Kyle Lohse for 20M apiece and keep Rolen & Edmonds (both will get hurt in May). Ankiel was a good story but not an everyday player. We shoulda spent the cash on Cabrera to help anchor the franchise for years with AP (editor's note: AP-- Albert Pujols). Now we're Chicago Cubs West. Dammit!

Kem

PS You have the rights to repost this on your blog.


In this same spirit, all of you are free to email your various posts to me, and I will likely print them. The only thing I'll add to the content of the email above is the suggestion that Exec 1 in the hypothetical conversation is probably using a $100 bill to light the cigars.

posted by CM @ 8:30 PM

2 Comments:

At 10:14 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

This "Kem" seems like a smart fellow. You should consider letting him become a contributor. Go Cubs West!

 
At 7:51 AM, Blogger Dave Levenhagen said...

I would like to point out that Kem is referring to the pre-2003 Cubs. I think it has been fairly apparent that winning has been on the agenda for the Cubs since 2003. Here is a likely conversation of Cubs execs in the fall of 2006 as the Cubs limped home with a sad 66-96 record.

Exec 1: It is a beautiful September Saturday, why is the stadium only half full?
Exec 2: I've been hearing a lot of fans complaining about the crappy team.
Exec 1: Yeah, this is all Bartman's fault - ever since he screwed up our playoff run in 2003, the stupid fans have been expecting to get back to the playoffs and finish the job.
Exec 2: So, you mean fans aren't going to come unless we produce a good team? That could cost a lot of money.
Exec 1: Sounds like we need to sell the team.
Exec 2: And cancel the plans for the 100-year celebration in 2008.

 

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