What happens when you remove a stabilizer? Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Walt Jocketty, central in bringing winning baseball and stabilization to the Cardinals organization for most of the last 13 years, has been dismissed by Cardinal ownership.
Bill Dewitt cried "scapegoat!" yesterday and despite all of the misfortunes the Cardinals faced in this disappointing year, this latest development has caused me the most sadness. To me, this essentially ends an era of winning baseball. As an ardent fan (and cousin) expressed so well, echoing the sentiment of most of Cardinal nation's emotions yesterday, this leaves nothing but a lack of leadership and a lack of certainty, two things we've been fortunate enough not to have worried about in the last decade.
7 Division Titles. 1 Wild Card Win. 6 NL Pennant appearances. 2 Pennant wins. A 2006 World Series Championship.
Yes, despite the injuries, death, DUI and rehab problems we faced this season, the firing of a respected man with proven results has disheartened me the most. I can't shake the feeling that the rest of the NL Central is celebrating what I feel may be the Cardinals' biggest loss yet.
Now we look to LaRussa. Will he stay or will he go?
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