You could’ve listed Pujols and……..well, just Pujols and we’re already better than your Cubs, Vots.

Votsy-

do us all a favor and go read on teh Chicago Sun-Times website about how your little cubbies will choke once again this year regardless of your team or payroll. I do pose a questions to all cubs fans…..why waste your money and time all season to have a good record to watch the same idiots blow it in september, and October if they are luckey…

Just a question from a curious cards fan……

There’s the obligatory racial comments! The Cardinals dont like black players but have no problem with hispanics I guess…

Take a look at the percentage of african americans on MLB rosters before you start spewing verbal vomit…its around 10 percent…youve been waiting all winter to make that comment pathetic

Votsy-

I’m sure you’re enjoying all of the attention from your post, but go look at your team’s lineup.

Soriano…can’t hit a curve ball, can’t stay healthy
Lee…hasn’t played a full season in over 3 years
Ramirez…hot/cold/really cold…repeat
The rest of your outfield…I’ll take the Pirates over Chi-town

Pitching Staff…
Zambrano…headcase, with a bad arm
Lilly and Dempster…overachievers will come back to normalcy
Harden…When was the last time this guy pitched a full sea…oh never

You traded away a big part of your team in DeRosa, and your apparent closer to be, couldn’t even win the closer job…

How do the experts pick this team to win 96-100 games…they didn’t improve their team at all…and yet they are going to improve record-wise.

go Thurston!!!!

Looks like a good young team, maybe some “Whitey ball” this year. Oh I give a week before Milton Bradly and Zambrano get into a fist fight in the dugout.

Oh, Lord, I am so glad the play dates are over and the real partying can begin….

“Let’s Fly!”

Long Life Cardinals Fan…Always and Forever, but looking at this roster, I know Votsy is not the only Cubs Fan smiling from ear to ear. Pitch around Pujols and this team is 500 at best. I think the opening day roster last year looked better than this group. It’s time to start spending some money and getting good players in here. The National League Central is too competitive now and we are wasting good productive years from Phat Albert, by surrounding him with a bunch of average players…

I have to be honest here. While I am very optimistic that this team could be outstanding, we easily have the odds stacked against us or maybe even more so to fall. This team can easily tank as it could soar. First off, Carpenter is not a sure thing until we get past the All-star break and he is still on the mound every fourth day. Lohse looks like he has sunk back to mediocrity after signing an inflated contract last year. Wainwright is a solid starter but is still unproven whether he is the “stop-gap” pitcher that is required at the top of a rotation. Wellemeyer and Piniero are gonna give you pretty much what they do every year. What scares me about the line-up is, while we have nights where we score 15 runs, we also have too many nights where we can’t push one across the plate. Duncan has to be given a short leash. If Ludwick comes back down to earth and can’t protect Pujols, there goes our season. Who will protect him? Duncan or Ankiel can’t. Glaus won’t be back until after the all star break. I hate to say it but unless management pulls a big bat around the trade deadline, I don’t think we will have what it takes to be consistent. Rasmus, from what I’ve seen, doesn’t have what it takes to make a huge contribution this year. Adding another consistent bat would take the pressure off of everyone else in the lineup. I’m not reading into the hype just yet. All things said, I’m not the manager and love to be proved wrong! Go Redbirds!

This is in response to MissouJosh. How many Afican-American players are on the Phillies roster or the Tampa Bay roster. The Cardinals have very few African American players in their minor league system. Are you saying there is no African American talent out there? (Ryan Howard Local product). Tony LaRussa will only have a limited number of black players on his teams. Check the numbers over his tenure in St. Louis. I bet its less than your 10%