Shildt reopens Cardinals wounds after Ben Fredericksons column: Former Manager Mike Shildt was fired in April 1st after leading the Cardinals into three consecutive playoffs. He had managed them to a 17-game winning streak. The Cardinals also came within one run from knocking off the Dodgers. Shildt’s team won 16 more regular season games that the Cardinals. The firing was based on philosophical differences and not on the teams’ performance on the field. This is not enough. Shildt’s future as a manager may be impacted by this unnecessarily harmful and damaging reference to a toxic environment.
The Cardinals organization has been an example for others, a class act, through defeat and victory, good times, bad times, and highs and lows. However, one has to wonder what happened with class.
Fred ShectmanPittsboro (North Carolina)
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