I've never posted before. I do lurk all the time and read some interesting stuff in my daily trips here. Whether they win or lose I never fail to find something I haven't considered yet. Please excuse me but I don't know how to exactly use the features of this site so I'm sort of responding to some of the things I read. Not to anyone in particular really.
To me, trading Miggy is totally different from trading Mike Lowell, Derrek Lee, even Dontrelle. Although I think if they were gonna trade Willis, they missed their best window of opportunity. Yes those guys were important players and had strong ties to the community. But with Miguel we're looking at a once in a lifetime player here. I cannot imagine anyone that has the best interest of the franchise in mind would trade Miguel Cabrera at this stage in his career. No matter the money situation. Unless it's for a package of players that is so astounding it knocks you on your rear. Even then I'm not sure. Unless I'm really off base or he becomes Doc Gooden, he will be a HOFer. Even better, the guy is just starting to figure out stuff. Look at what he accomplished on ability alone and look at the past couple of seasons as he's gotten more at bats under his belt. I watch him hit and I'm in awe of what he can do. Yeah he's overweight but I was listening to Tony Gwynn the other day and he said he got better as a hitter as he got heavier because his hitting base/center of gravity became more solid. That made him much more balanced and less susceptible to slumps. It makes sense when you think about it. Besides, how could you argue with Tony Gwynn on hitting? Now I'm not sitting here thinking he should become the Florida version of Prince Fielder. Believe me I would much rather see him about twenty pounds lighter. For defensive purposes alone. But you cannot argue with the results. Growing up I always heard this. If you can hit, they'll find a place for you in the field. That was also before the DH. Yeah, I?m dating myself. The problem with the way I think on this subject is it doesn't matter what I think. No matter how much I convince myself of it's logic. They are going to trade him anyway and the Yankees, or the Red Sox, or the Mets (God forbid) will get the best years of his career.
There's something else I've been thinking about. Especially in the past couple of weeks. The fact that Hanley is doing what he is doing right now only gives Loria the crack he needs to trade Cabrera. Hanley's amazing success somehow diminishes Miggy's accomplishments. It cheapens the "once in a lifetime player" statement I made above. Not in my mind but possibly in Loria's. I won't even get into the thought process of our beloved club President. If you think about it there could be the opinion in the front office that it would be okay to trade Miguel because we always have Hanley. As scary as that may sound.
As far as the Marlins being unrecognizable, I'm not so sure about that. I do know they sure have had quite an interesting and eventful fifteen years. The Rockies came in at the same time. Compare the histories. They don't come close to the buzz the Marlins have injected into baseball history. Two titles, two fire sales, well one and a half. To my knowledge the only team to have an All-Star game taken away. Three owners, all a detriment to the franchises existence for one reason or another and yet all had a hand in the two titles. Two seasons of threatened contraction, eight managers (if you don't count Cookie Rojas one game) with nine managerial stints, firing a rookie manager of the year without giving him another season, the ballpark issue from Blockbuster Park to the Governor on opening day through the annual sales tax defeats the last few years. It just seems like an unending roller coaster ride. One that, for many reasons make me debate my sanity. Still, I don't ever want to get off no matter how much the people that run this franchise try muck it up. Just call me a masochist I guess.
