Willie Singleton's Office
St. Louis, MO
May 5th, 2014
11:30 AM
Willie Singleton sat at his desk typing away on his computer. This was his first shot as a General Manager and he was already blowing it. If something didn't change, Willie knew that he was going to be responsible. A World Series winning team can't just go from first to worst without repercussions. He sat through the same system in Boston in 2011-2012. A team with such talent... such promise... fell apart and people were calling for heads to roll all over the place.
If Theo Epstein wasn't safe in Boston, there was no chance Willie Singleton was going to be safe in St. Louis where the people not only wanted to win but
expected to win.
And that's why he sat here trying to come up with a plan to fix the Cardinals.
It was really that simple. The Cardinals had gotten away from "The Cardinal Way." They were being more selfish, not taking care of the baseball and frankly... embarrassing the franchise's storied history.
Willie clicked the send button and shipped his blueprint out to the Cardinals big league coaching staff in Pittsburgh.
Surely it was going to be only a matter of time before the Red Birds ironed things out and were back to playing some good 'ol fashioned Cardinal baseball.