Comments on: Is Matt Holliday long for St. Louis?

By: clarence

clarence — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:50:34 +0000

Scott Rolen was too injury prone and an a-hole. There is still nobody that wants him.
Larry walker was over the hill, his best years were way behind him. He didn’t do anything after leaving St. Louis.
Will Clark? Yeah right!!!!
Mark Mcsteroid doesn’t count.

By: fsuga

fsuga — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:08:57 +0000

Good God, most of you posters have no idea what you are talking about. McGwire did not just come over as a little rent-a-player who decided to stay, he came over to be reunited with TLR. His contract situation was also vastly different from Holliday’s.
Will Clark had a whopping 171 ABs as a Cardinal, so he doesn’t count. Larry Walker did not even play a full season’s worth of games as a Redbird. Two guys coming over in the final year of their careers DO NOT compare to the current situation at all.
And some complete knucklehead mentions Carpenter…He signed as a free agent. He didn’t get traded and then was seduced by the fans and chose to stay. He came over b/c the Cards were willing to pay him to come.
The guy is right, aside from Edmunds, there really isn’t another example.
Think before you post though.

By: CAJ

CAJ — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:14:04 +0000

Will Clark. .aka Will the Thrill!

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:38:08 +0000

Walker was the one that came to mind for me.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:56:30 +0000

Larry Walker

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:22 +0000

What about Albert Pujols? Sure when he got his current contract, the Cards still held exclusive rights, but he could have left for free agency 3 years ago had he not wanted to stick around and test the free agent market.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:55:34 +0000

Chris Carpenter?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:34:38 +0000

Scott Rolen also.

By: Bill@TDS

Bill@TDS — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:20:31 +0000

Isn’t Mark McGwire an example of that, too? Kind of THE example, all the post-retirement stuff notwithstanding?
I’m with you on Holliday. The AL can’t look too attractive to him right now, especially the West. 18 games a year in McAfee and Safeco should probably be avoided.