Yeah, I know this is a blog about all things
related to Yadi cards etc., but since we have been expanding to Cardinals cards
in general I have been forced to recall how bad the Cardinals were from 1990-1995.
This was a bleak time for the Birds. After Gussie Busch died in 1989 his
son and Anheuser-Busch began running the team like a bad business.
In 1996, the Brewery (as it is called) sold the
team to a local group under which it began to turn around. I feel terrible for
Joe Torre who was the manager from 1990-1995.
I would have given up too Joe.
Obviously it was not Joe for he
led the Yanks to several World Series. He worked for a crappy owner and often
took the blame for the mediocre play on the field. During this time the Birds
were 351–354 with a winning % of
.498.
If I didn't know how bad they were I could have figured it out by the nearly
complete lack of Redbirds in insert sets-yeah, Ozzie,
Ray Lankford
, and some
guy by the name of Gregg Jefferies
were included from time to time but it
wasn’t too common for a Redbird to among the hot rookies and stars included in
inserts etc. This makes the task of collecting them easier to say the least.
However, I guess these days there are enough inserts for us to collect.
Man... if I did something like this for the Padres... I'd need to dedicate seven to ten posts ;-)
ReplyDeleteBy the way... that Ozzie Ring Leaders card is awesome!
Their pitching this year though is a real bright spot. Could be a key to their future.
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