Today feels like the 97/98 offseason...

[Olerud363]

If all moves reported are true this feels like the 97/98 offseason.

 

After the 97 gear up resulted in complete failure Cito was gone. Joe Carter was thrown out to sea.

 

Darrin Fletcher was signed despite the presence of Benito Santiago. Let them fight it out for playing time was the attitude.

 

Mike Stanley was signed. Craig Grebeck. Neither of which were a scouts dream.

 

Young players were given more opportunity.

 

It wasn't all roses. But it felt like different voices were being heard all of a sudden. The team won 88 most in the 1994-2013 era.

 

This isn't as major but a cluster of moves like this makes it feel like a, b, and c were being heard... it didn't work, so now e, f, and g have more input.

[dineke]

Uuuur old

[Olerud363]

Uuuur old

 

I was born in the mid 70s so was at an impressionable age when I started following the team in the late 80s. First games I watched were 85 playoffs, and 87 collapse, just because everyone was watching. Started following here and there in 88, and got obsessed in 89.

 

5 years. 4 division titles, 2 world series. At that moment in 1993 Olerud was 25, Alomar 25 arguably in the top 5 young players in the game... Hentgen, Guzman. Green, Delgado, and Gonzales were like a holy grail of prospects (all considered top 10). The future was unbelievably bright.

 

Standing there in 93 finishing high school there was no reason to believe that this wouldn't continue for years... little did I know.

 

I feel sorry for the young ones who have never even got a wild card.

[CHRIS]

Standing there in 93 finishing high school there was no reason to believe that this wouldn't continue for years... little did I know.

 

I clearly remember thinking when it was announced that they were adding the wild card: "How are ever not going to make the playoffs?"

 

That has not turned out has I had expected.

[BlueJayWay]

I feel sorry for the young ones who have never even got a wild card.

This.

 

At least I got on board in 1992 so I got to see two WS titles before things went to s***.

[GD]

I feel sorry for the young ones who have never even got a wild card.

 

It gets tough.

[cesarb182]

I feel sorry for the young ones who have never even got a wild card.

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