Tackleberry: Gordo,

What would you think of this move: trade for Holliday and let Ankiel and Ludwick both walk at the end of the year; sign Holliday to an extension using the Ludwick/Ankiel money; move Schumaker back to the outfield; infield is Pujols, Ryan, T. Greene, and Wallace or FA?

Ankiel and Ludwick are both "free swingers" and it would seem that most of their problems at the plate stem from them swinging at bad pitches, getting behind in the count early, and then they are just guessing. We just can't continue to get excited every time they go 1 for 4 and raise their average to .240.

Jeff Gordon: Holliday is the top FA outfielder coming out. He is also a guy with huge question marks, owing to his so-so numbers outside of Colorado. There is a real chance to overspend there. I'm not sure he would consider an extension, given his leverage and the fact that free-spending LA/Anaheim has an interest.

Rasmus, as a rookie, has nearly matched Holliday's on base+slugging percentage, .783 to .790. So I don't see Matt as the cure-all.

De Rosa is a better fit for both the near and far term. DeRosas has five more homers than Holliday this year and 39 more RBI.

I agree on the Ankiel/Ludwick concerns. Ryan, as a RH hitter, still has value because of his relatively limited cost. This team should keep him, but add additional RH beef.

Josie Wales: Hi ya Gordo..thanks for taking my call,
"MO is an idiot, DeWitt is cheap (or a dimwit), you Gordo are a brown noser, the kool aid drinkers are fools, etc...".
What percentage of the Cardinal base do you think shares this negative, hateful disposition toward the team and anyone who thinks the sky is not falling? These tools make it hard to back up the claim that STL has such great, knowledgeable fans.
Enjoy your work.

Jeff Gordon: It's amazing that such a mismanaged franchise could be in first place.

Josie Wales: Gordo-
TLR has a long and distinguished record as a manager. That said, in your opinion, is Tony as good as he was in years past?
I personally think his decisions that used to be creative and innovative have now become an exercise in him showing everyone else how smart he is.
On the same line, if the everyday players (outside of Albert) could speak freely what do you think they would say about playing for Tony and the way he runs a game?
Thanks for the forum.

Jeff Gordon: How can anybody complain about what TLR has done with this ever-changing roster? Moving Skip to second was a bold move and he has gotten solid mileage from a lot of fill-ins. With Glaus gone and Ankiel and Ludwick hitting far below expectations, this has been a though job.

katrinalore: Hello Jeff,

there's a very important question that's keeping me busy since weeks now and I cannot find any news on this on the web, maybe you'll have an answer to my question. Do you think that Deuce's looming four game suspension (because of the Starcaps thingy) could keep the St Louis Rams from offering a contract to him? Is there any news, I'd be so grateful for the slightest info on this topic. Thank you very much in advance,

Sincerely, Katrin

Jeff Gordon: There are lots of high mileage vets out there that currently do NOT interest the Rams at this point in the rebuilding process.

Tackleberry: Gordo,

So the Rams stayed with Bulger, which financially makes sense, but then they flip-flopped his line and his receivers. If I were Bulger (who is lucky to be employed in Saint Louis) it's like "thanks for the blocking, who am I throwing to?" Starting Donnie Avery as the #2 would be a very reasonable move based on how he played last year. But entrusting Avery as the #1 and a very "unproven" Burton alongside Robinson (sorry but new coach/GM's guys from their fomer team never seems to pan out for the Rams see Chavous/Duncan/etc.) seems like a real long-shot????

Jeff Gordon: This team will run a LOT. And throw to the TE a LOT. Instead of a lot of 3- and 4-WR sets, we may see a lot of single WR sets. In that setting, the WRs are less critical.