Sorry everyone if my post on Chris Lambert was so harsh. A bad inning doesn’t make a pitcher a failure. A bad track record does. Lambert has not done anything to inspire confidence that he will ever live up to his #1 draft pick status. He hasn’t done anything to suggest that he will be a major leaguer, productive or otherwise. It’s frustrating, but that’s the nature of the game. I seem to remember the Padres picked Matt Bush at the top of the draft and I’m sure that’s ticking off their fan-base more then Lambert is ticking off the Cardinal fan-base.
It’s frustrating because in hindsight there are scads of players that would’ve been a more worthy choice then Lambert, and the Cardinal 2004 draft overall looks like it will not provide one major league contributor other then maybe some middle relief.
Maybe Lambert will figure it out, maybe he’ll surprise me. But the odds are not in his favor. Putting his face next to the definition of failure isn’t fair to him as a person, but I do find it fair to characterize the 2004 draft as such.
So if I offended anyone with my harshness, I apologize. Hopefully this will continue to be a place where you can get half-way intelligent baseball conversation. Sorry for coming across like a jackass. So are we cool? Cool. 
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well, in retrospect I may have been a bit harsh myself- after all, these guys get paid a bunch of money to play a game, and you’re probably right about the results, sad as that is… I just hate to see people fail.
This is a great blog and I look forward to checking out how the farm boys are doing every day. Thanks for keeping it going!
Yeah, I understand Sleepy. I don’t know what the deal was with my ugly tone, it’s not really like me. At least I hope it isn’t I don’t like to see people fail either. I’ll be pulling for Lambert, though not expecting the world from him.