Thought Trough

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Was Brian Jordan correct?

Several years ago Brian Jordan accused TLR of racism. If you look at the Cardinal roster you will see they currently have zero, and in recent years have had very few, African-American players. Makes you go ... hmm? (This may be out of line.)(Possibly GM Walt Jocketty should be scrutinized?)
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Maybe I'm just looking for reasons not to like TLR. All I know is that I don't like his managing style, I don't like his results, and the section about him in the 1990 George Will book "Men At Work" really solidified my dislike for the guy. It could be George Will's fault. I don't much like him either. Definitely his writing style is one I don't care for. He can make any subject boring and uninteresting. He makes Marvin the Paranoid Android seem like Eddie the shipboard computer. (My second Douglas Adams reference of the day.) Since this is real life and not a one-dimentional fictional character, TLR must certainly have numerous positive attributes. I hear tell that he's a swell person. But, at the end of the day, I don't like the guy as manager of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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