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Headline in tomorrow's Post "St. Louis Having Mysterious Towel Shortage."

I've been told that Jacobs is tearing it up so far in the summer workouts. The statement was "that he can score from anywhere".

So many ways that comparing Matheny to Crews is so unfair. Let me just list a few. 1. You say Matheny inherited a stocked team put together by a hall of fame manager. Tony LaRussa had the benefit of a full season of Albert Pujols, Chris Carpenter, and Lance Berkman. Matheny did not. You don't think those 3 made a huge difference? Even with them the Cardinals barely squeaked into a wild card berth. That isn't at all like the situation Crews inherited... Crews did have a great, great team.. 2. Jim Crews was directly responsible for acquiring talent for future teams and he failed miserably. Mike Matheny did not have that role. He managed the players Mo acquired. And increasingly Mozeliak made horrible acquisitions. 3. Under Jim Crews our basketball program became an embarrassment....one of the worst teams in Billikens history. Matheny was in the playoffs 4 times and went to the last week of the season in 2 other years before being eliminated. In his worst year, the Cardinals had a winning record. 4. Jim Crews gave every indication that he was just there to collect a paycheck. Matheny, on the other hand, worked his ass off. He always gave his very best effort. I sure never felt that way about Crews. I personally think managers are highly overrated. I can show you countless examples of managers, including those in the hall of fame, who had horrible seasons because their team sucked and some stiffs who won championships because of the overwhelming talent level (see Jim Crews). If you are happy Matheny is gone....great. Comparing him to Jim Crews and how he destroyed Billikens basketball, however, is over the top. Way, way over the top.

Besides Gordon, I think Jacobs had the highest upside of the freshmen. Dude is a freak athlete.

you just don't like when one of us corrects you. you habitually post things without thought. when we fact check you - you get defensive. its common amongst young people today. you grew up with screens your whole life, so you think you know everything..... you dont

Matheny is/has been a terrible tactician. He should never have been hired. Despite being a catcher by trade, he showed a disconnect his pitching staff. Each year, he ruined the bullpen and even many of our starters have struggled under him. Initially, he appeared to be a young, fresh face/voice with the players which could possibly offset his lack of experience and tactical skills (maybe he would grow into the job). Molina also hid many deficiencies by himself mentoring the the pitching staff. But when a coach/manager does not command respect, then current players shut down or under perform and free agents leave/don't want to join the club. Had this been like the college (4 years of eligibility), then the Cardinals would have tanked even sooner and more precipitously. Just like Jim Crews, Matheny inherited a fully stocked team which had been put together by a hall of fame coach. All of us could have done equal to what Mattheny and Crews did in their first (Crews) and early (Matheny) years. Once Matheny had a chance to put his stamp on this team, the horrible choice of selecting him as manager 6.5 years ago became apparent.

Jon Rothstein podcast on SLU with Travis Ford. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/160-College-Hoops-Today-27377750/

LET THE HYPE FLOW THROUGH YOUR VEINS

Man. 18 years till I get my old man card and then I'm following the Billikens like a dead head. If it's not KC or Columbus or Des Moines I'm out.....

Matheny's decision making seemed to get a little worse each year. I honestly believe all the concussions played a role in this. This year the guy just straight lost his marbles. I think the CTE is taking over. They needed to move on and I'm glad they did it now. That said this team sucks. No manager could win with 2 capable position players and a craptastic bullpen. The good news is that with the rotation they have lined up for next year it can be a quick fix. And Carps bat plays on any team. A nearly 900 OPS and 19 HRs at the break is great. No team has the depth to sit those numbers. Especially when he can play 1st 2nd or 3rd

Weak post without the regional locations

Give me a Columbus NCAA weekend 2.0, only this time with us making it to the Sweet 16.

Manning could play and had talent for the college level.

This is just a silly statement. He's 20th in mlb in OPS slashing 372/522/894. He had a slow start but he also was hitting into a lot of bad luck with one of the worst BABIP in baseball early on. He's also 21st in WAR. He's turned himself into a capable defensive 3rd baseman despite the bad arm and an average to slightly above average defensive 1bman. He'd be the Yankees 2nd best hitter this year using OPS as a guideline and that's by a considerable margin. It's also probable he'd be an even better hitter hitting in Yankee stadium. To boot, he'd probably start at 3b for the Yanks. He's a better hitter and fielder there than Andujar.

It's not uncommon for me to play it on a loop at parties and family gatherings.

Mo is a joke and I was wondering what is Cardinals ownership doing when they promoted him to GM. This is the same feeling I had when Matheny was hired, why would they do that? I am not sure what hiring a different manager will accomplish with Mo in charge.

Nice game by Ingvi, but another loss for the Icelanders. Better shooting from 3 today, 3 of 8.

If you watched Russian pirate feeds, I would suggest a thorough sweep of your computer including root malaware. Just saying.

I think we can go undefeated in the A10. Last I remember we were close but fell short at the end. So factually we can do better. Also get past the 2nd round in the A10. Also we lost the A10 tourney in the first round that year as well and I think we can do better than that and I think you would agree. Your anti everything I say is obnoxious