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Closure...

  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.

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Yeah,
I think Miggy is one of the best all time, & I too, was deeply disappointed when Detroit got him & Willis for a steal (relatively speaking).

But just because Detroit has failed to sign
Miggy long term NOW, doesn't mean that you should buy a Cabrera Cardinals jersey just yet. IMO, he is gonna have another amazing year, & the Tigers are gonna realize how rare a player of his caliber is & shell out the big bucks.

Not to say there is still no chance, I just think that the Tigers still will be able to pull off of a long term, probably upwards of $200 million. Even then, do you honestly think that DeWitt would spend that kind of dough?! Honestly, there is no way that he will be willing to open up his wallet & do Cards fans everywhere by making the Cards lineup among the best in the league.

sign someone GOOD this time!

by dunc4life on Jan 27, 2008 1:48 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

not as passionate
as that dream, perhaps, but I am still holding out that we trade for Orlando Hudson to play 2b.

And whoever else the D-backs may want, we must INSIST that the also take Adam Kennedy in the deal.

by the Tewk on Jan 27, 2008 3:57 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

I second Tewk's dream.
Acquiring Hudson without giving up core players or Rasmus would make me believe that we could have a shot this year.  If Cesar recovered his former glory and we added Orlando our defense would make up for a lot of pitching deficits.  Crap.  Just woke up.

by easy on Jan 27, 2008 11:15 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

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