Comments on: Horacio Ramirez, a historical perspective

By: pumpkinhead

pumpkinhead — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:51:33 +0000

In fact, that reminds me of a song…

“Nothing from Nothing means Nothing.” Even the song gets it right.

By: pumpkinhead

pumpkinhead — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:27:51 +0000

So, lets see.

Previously Garbage + Currently Garbage = Worth a spot in the rotation? I don’t get the math either.

Maybe they were under the assumption that, ‘well, he can only get better, right?’

By: Mat

Mat — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:39:28 +0000

It looks to me that only Fassero, Oliver, and Drabek on that list got more starts than Ramirez.

By: davepaisley

davepaisley — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:37:07 +0000

Next time, Derek, you’ll just have to write a 5,000 word post about how Geoff Baker’s opinion of HoRam is all wrong :O

By: sad_loyal_fan

sad_loyal_fan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:06:11 +0000

Sorry you’re feeling lonely DMZ, but thinking about how the front office evaluates pitchers depresses me.

By: jdsiii

jdsiii — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:54:00 +0000

So how long before Padilla becomes a candidate to fill a rotation spot next year when/if Ramirez is gone now that he’s worn out his welcome in Texas? Can he really be worse?

By: scott19

scott19 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:23:16 +0000

20: You’re right about that…I guess we all (or a lot of us, anyway) looked back at the half-assedly mediocre season that the Cards played for most of last year and thought that maybe these guys, too, might somehow catch “lightning in a bottle.”

By: Oly Rainiers Fan

Oly Rainiers Fan — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:39:29 +0000

It’s not just McLaren that was suffering from Alternate Reality Syndrome. It’s pretty much all the fans who spent a couple months deluding themselves that this team as constructed was playoff-bound.

By: gwangung

gwangung — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:50:06 +0000

1: I wouldnâ€™t necessarily hold my breath for that to happenâ€¦after all, this is the guy who once thought (while in Anaheim) that â€œupgradingâ€ his starting pitching meant acquiring Pat Rapp and Izzy Valdes.

Folks have GOT to remember he’s getting plenty of help in his suckitude.

Many of this same help is gonna be there if Bavasi gets replaced….

By: scott19

scott19 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:49:44 +0000

1: I wouldn’t necessarily hold my breath for that to happen…after all, this is the guy who once thought (while in Anaheim) that “upgrading” his starting pitching meant acquiring Pat Rapp and Izzy Valdes.