I finally came to terms with Miggy being a Detroit Tiger. It took me a while because the moment the Fish put him on the block I was hooked with daydreams of him and Albert punishing the national league with a barrage of line drives and homeruns. I thought it was fated to be due to all the trouble that Rolen was having with Tony.

  Trade Rolen, clear salary, and trade Rasmus. I believed this would lead to long summer days of Miggy and Pujols competitively cranking out homers. Between the two there would really be no set 3 or 4 hitter. They would compete where whoever is hitting for the higher average that day bats third and the other fourth.

  I was outraged as some of you know that management saw fit to not pursue this trade. I was of the mind that Rasmus be damned man you get Cabrera at all costs. I mean how many chances do you get to acquire a hall of fame caliber 3rd baseman? I guess at least two but by all rights Cabrera to me is the holy grail of third basemen.

  What changed is that it just clicked for me a moment ago.... Rasmus. The kid is "phenomical"(tm). I caught myself day dreaming about how many long summer days we will get to watch him own CF.

  How many times will we watch him swipe a bag? How many homeruns will he launch while wearing the cardinal red? How many times will we see him make an incredible catch and then debate wether or not Jimmy Baseball could have made that same play?

  All the sudden I had my closure. But still there is a small part of me that smiled when I heard that Detroit failed to sign Miggy to a long term contract. That gives me just a sliver of hope that he could maybe clear free agency and then sign with the Birds. That would be truly sweet.