Rally Killer!

Well, I've read Vaughn's two recent posts and, unfortunately, both apply to me...

First, it's nice to get some kudos for making the playoffs but I really only made a couple of moves. The core of the Phoenix (Ryan Howard, Carlos Guillen, Carlos Lee, Brandon Webb) were here when I arrived. I did add a couple of pieces to the team on the field now, but I certainly didn't build the entire franchise.

Next step, ruin the franchise...

After the modest success to this point of the season, I managed to cripple the franchise by racking up millions in fines by mismanaging player usage. I did get the "benefit", I guess, of squeezing a few more innings out of Danys Baez. Danys Baez? Why did he get any use at all, let alone excessive use? Dumb. And, lesson learned...I hope...

So, after knowing at the end of January that I had made a mistake with Baez, I went ahead and allowed a couple of other players to get overused as well. If I recall correctly, I managed to drop $6 million on absolutely nothing. $6 million, I might add, from a bank account that was below the poverty line to begin with.

Now that the regular season is over, we'll if Vaughn's kind words hit home. Am I really a quality owner capable of building a contender? Or am I, as this season's moves might suggest, simply a world class Rally Killer...