He was asked if the Cards felt that the fearsome duo of Royce Ring and Trever Miller were all we needed from the left hand side in the pen. Why didn't we go stronger after Fuentes? And the reply...
"There still are LHR's out there but I do feel comfortable with Miller, Ring... But I can't rule another move later in spring."
Ahh, so we need to wait until spring for that blockbuster deal. The more unsettling note is how can Mo be comfortable with an ERA over 8? I guess that's not really a fair question; I'd be more comfortable with anybody on the hill instead of our previous lefty gems of Flores and Villone. But back to our spring deal...who are we waiting on? I say just sign our Will Ohman (or some other nobody) and get it over with now. As I say that jokingly, I happened to notice his career 4.16 ERA...do it! All the other lefties on FA wire are all 'been there, tried that' for the Cards. Flores, Villone, Johnson, Rincon... Even the available righties have Redbird service time: Izzy, Reyes, Tavarez, Timlin, Kip Wells...I guess Mo had to sign Miller and Ring because they were the only 2 we've yet to try...
Duncan can't work the number of miracles we need for this bullpen to function. Even Aladdin only got 3 wishes.
The most humorous part of the chat came from a character who calls himself "I Hate Bill Dewitt!!" His question was...
"Mo,
Please describe what it's like living in your little land of make believe where you honestly believe that Cardinal fans should be excited about this team. If you wouldn't mind, go into details, about how in MO's world people are celebrating three horrible new lefty relievers, and the signing of our awesome new .213 hitting shortstop."
AMEN. And the Mo responds:
"First I rather live in my world then yours...it is sunny out today??? No you're right it is 30 something degrees, my girl friend dumped me, and my car won't start..."Don't worry, it took me a minute to figure it all out too. But the icing on the cake was when the SAME guy came back at the end of the chat:
"Hey Johnny-Wow. You must be doing something wrong if people are this riled up. Although he did have a tough act to follow. He's like Ashlee Simpson (lip syncing) on stage after AC/DC just brought down the house. Compare Carp, Rolen, Edmonds and Eckstein to Clement, Ring, Miller, and Villone...
After this are you going to go into the yahoo teen chat room, and talk about designer clothes, and playing spin the bottle. GO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE LOSER!!!! Other G.M's are working on deals, don't you get it!!"
You can read the chat in it's entirety at this link.
Goodnight all.
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