in Uncategorized by coach mike on 10 Dec 2009

How much is a baseball player worth? The big talk is about Matt Holliday and where will he end up? I’m a big Cardinal fan, so I would like to see him play for St. Louis, but not if it breaks the bank. I think the Cards can field a team that will compete without him. You have 3 All Stars on the team, in Carpenter, Wainwright and of coarse Albert, plus Molina. We just need a another good bat. I really think the whole thing is just a big game-Boras is playing the Cardinals to get more money for his guy and I really think Mozeliak is playing a little bit of a game right back at them. When this all settles Holliday will be a Cardinal. Why would Holliday want to play in the AL, he did not hit very well for the short time he was in Oakland. For what ever reason he is more suited for the NL. I think the whole thing is just one big “card” game and I believe Mozeliak is holding the better hand and will play his “Cards” at the right time and Holliday will be the left fielder for the next several years for the Cardinals.

Back to my world-the world of small stakes and very little money.  I had my first recruit come to the college on Wednesday of this week. That was exciting-Toni Huff from Mt. Vernon met me at the campus, I enlisted Josh Thebeau for help with the grand tour, I thought things went very well.  Toni would be a great pick up for us, she will fit in with us very well. I hope she thinks the same. I’m going to meet with a male recruit Friday evening, not at the campus but going to his home town to visit. If I can recruit this young man, he will be a big addition to the mens team. This process remains me of the free agent “game” in baseball, I only have so many scholarships to give, so should it be first come? Or can I be patience?  Be easy if all the number one runners were coming your way, but they aren’t and they won’t. Be nice to have more than 8 scholarships but I’m sure that is not going to happen with the way money is right down. The state owes the school 2.3 million right now, so the cash flow has to be tight.  So we will just do what we can-I’m not limited to 8 runners, I can take walk ons.  We can have 15 on each team-some schools can not offer  scholarships, so they are all walkons , I guess. Most everyone is finishing up the semester this week, I know a few are struggling, I hope they can pull things out. Later!