The ROO

Matt Holliday and the St. Louis Cardinals are finally going to break up, as it was announced on Friday afternoon that general manager John Mozeliak and communicated with the slugger the club’s intention NOT to pick-up his option for next season. The move came as little surprise, but surprisingly sent Twitter in to an uproar on how cheap the franchise is and how Holliday deserved better.  Of course, there also were the other detractors who go out of their way to diminish Holliday’s accomplishments as a member of the Cardinals organization that were in essence saying “good riddance.”  But the reality, or should I say irony, of Friday’s proceedings at Busch, including Holliday’s magical pinch-hit home run in what was likely his last at bat as a member of the Cardinals, was that Holliday finally garnered the respect from Cardinals fans that he has long deserved. It took a home run in his last at bat with the franchise for Cardinals fans to stop taking Holliday for granted. Car