Did anyone watch or listen to Mike and Mike on ESPN this morning? Bud Selig was on and talked about the state of baseball. Two of the more interesting points he talked about was revenue sharing and Golic's protest to having the All-Star game deciding home-field advantage. I missed a majority of what he said about the All-Star game, but he did impress me in the idea that he believes baseball is starting to come out of dark times.

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During yesterday's game, they showed a graphic of the '85* Cards vs. the '08 Cards. Admittingly, I could not hear what they were saying because I was at a bar and the sound was muted, but the I think it made the point.

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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2008/03/braves-sign-sco.html

How does this make sense? Is he in less trouble than we assumed? I agree that he needed to be released, but I pretty much assumed that the decision was a "of-course-we-release-him" move.

So this story
(http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/10/santana-would-c.html)
got me to go to
(http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/features/cy).
And it made me wonder "Who is the Cardinals' Cy Young of '07?"

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Now I don't usually post. I'm usually just a reader, but I feel like I need to address the fact that Kip Wells is starting our second half tonight. DO the Cardinals not notice that their "effort" to get back on track is being completely messed up from the very beginning. This goes against any logic, sabermetrics, gut feelings, or common sense. I understand that the Cards don't have a prime selection of starting pitchers, but is Kip Wells honestly the best choice for starting a "comeback"?