We Need and Anti-Castellini Campaign

[*michaelsean*]

(03-30-2021, 05:59 PM)samhain Wrote: Yeah, they don't call him "Bobblehead Bob" for no reason.  He's great at promotion and non-on field management of the franchise.  He just happens to suck at the baseball part.  They cry poor every chance they get when it's time to add to the roster, and the minor league system is an absolute 
joke.  A team that tanked as long as this one did should be crammed with talent waiting to hit the majors, but they aren't.  

Fact is, they're facing yet another rebuild.  They're simply spinning their wheels to get more fans into the stadium with their roster of 3-outcome hitters that can't produce.  This is because the owner wants money more than wins.  He has to squeeze all he can out of what remains of the above avg 2020 roster.  If he can't play the game and get a 15 mil shortstop, then he needs to go back to being a produce salesman and let a real baseball man take over.

This team has gone from being the sports lifeblood of the city to being yet another depressing Cincinnati loser story.  Marge was cheap and evil, but Marge somehow built teams that could win here and there.  Linder was a joke.  Cast is Linder lite.  He's small time trying to be big league.  Nothing worse than a billionaire crying poor while the city watches it's once great franchise get crapped on and forgotten by another generation.

Yeah he's like tripled his investment with the Reds.  If you want to win consistently in towns like Cincinnati, you're probably going to have to take some losses.  If you're not ready to do that, then don't waste everyone's time.  BTW you will mitigate some of those losses with sellout stadiums when you win consistently, and all the other money that goes along with it like concessions and merchandise.