The Saint Louis Cardinals Prospects After MLB Lockout
If you visit the Cards’ website today you won’t find Yadi and Waino smiling after a tough-fought win, or Goldschmidt putting on his cool shades before manning his post at first. Instead, you’ll find some vintage clips from glorious days of yore.
After you watch the Cardinals’ all-time ace, Bob Gibson, strikeout seventeen (SEVENTEEN) Detroit Tigers in a single World Series game as if he was a man pitching to boys, and read an article about Ken Boyer’s hall-of-fame bona fides, you might start wondering where all of the still-living Redbirds have gone.
They have been removed from the website as part of the lockout.
In a letter to the fans, Major League Baseball’s current commissioner, Robert Manfred expressed his disappointment about the current lockout while nudging the blame toward the players.
Despite the league’s best efforts to make a deal with the Players Association, we were unable to extend our 26 year-long history of labor peace and come to an agreement with the MLBPA before the current CBA expired…From the beginning, the MLBPA has been unwilling to move from their starting position, compromise, or collaborate on solutions. (Commissioner Robert Manfred)
He went on to state that MLB believed “that an offseason lockout is the best mechanism to…
