gjsandifer: Gordo, so do you think the Cards owners will make every effort to resign Pujols, od do you think they will just posture in an effort to appear to make a somewhat CHEAP attempt to resign Pujols and then cry poor to the fans as they have for several years now, about the fact that other teams could just afford him more. This has gotting to be the M.O. of this owners group, and I for one am tired of it, I will not be buying any more cards tickets until this changes, so I guess that frees up some money for rams games.

Jeff Gordon: Good luck with the Rams.

The Cards have paid quite competitively to keep lock up Carpenter, Lohse, Albert (the first time), Edmonds, Wainwright, Molina . . . quite a few people. Given the strong player development program, the team will be able to offer him a competitive deal and afford it.

What hurts is when they have $30 million tied up in injured players, as they did most of last year and most of this year.

MNCardsFan: Gordo, I am making the long drive from MN for Fiday night's game against the Royals. It will be my first time watching the Cards in St. Louis, so I wondering who will availble for inagural game? Ank? And what does a life long fan have to do to watch BP before the game? Thanks alot.

Jeff Gordon: Ankiel could be in the lineup, yes. Ludwick will still be out, however.

And Glaus will still be working on his tan.

shive..Palmyra, Mo.: Why doesn't anyone talk about Albert's NON ability when we need a clutch hit with men in scoring position? Most of the time we see him swing at the first pitch, and then we see the grounder to third.

and it's not just him...no patience at all at the plate with men in scoring position. Am i being fair?

Jeff Gordon: That is what happens when teams start pitching one guy so gingerly. He becomes more aggressive, to his detriment. But he feels silly just standing there taking walks.

netboy65: This might be a little late, but I'm going to try and squeeze it in anyway....Did the teams have any prior knowledge that the salary cap was going up? I guess where I'm going with this is do you think the Rams would have released Pace/Holt even with the increase?

Thanks!

Jeff Gordon: Even with this increase, yes, the Rams would have let them go. It was time to turn the page and start over.

Now, if the cap came up $15 million, then maybe the Rams could have kept a few more veterans while retooling. But there are so many changes that needed to be made, it was best to start clean.

Brendan: Calos Silva is bombing big time but seems to be a perfect fit for ole dunc to fix. He is a sinking fastball pitcher. They have alot of young pitching. Could they look to trade him and pay alot of his salary?

People talk about Wallace's defense not ready for bigs yet, Is Craig's Third base that much worse?

Tell JV hi,

Brendan

Jeff Gordon: Why bring in somebody else what needs work? Aren't there enough already? I'd rather look at Boggs, Hawksworth and Mortensen.

Craig's D is also suspect, so he doesn't appear to be near-term help. The Cards are making Craig into a utility guy, it seems.