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Card's president Lamping - a schmuck? Just the impression I get. Can't put my finger on why I get this impression - professional arse-kisser back with AB and then managed to turn his lips on the new ownership. His act regarding the KMOX to KTRS move -disgusting. His nonsensical explanations that we'd still be able to get Cardinal baseball on the airwaves in the hinterlands. And this Larussa deal...

Lamping appears to be an overgrown frat boy out of touch with the original Cardinal base -loyal local fans and the Cardinal Caravan from across the Midwest. He's more in touch with the new base he's crafting -business season ticketholders and prime seat clubbers.

Perhaps Lamping is just playing this role for the owners. A tool.

What exactly are the responsibilities of a baseball team's president anyway? You never hear about them. I think I heard more from Randy Levine about the Torre situation than ever before.

"Whatcha talkin about dude!"

As a Vianney grad himself, e gave our entire school tickets to Cliff Politte's major league debut. That was cool, but, other than that, yeah, he's a tool.

planet pujolsian wrote:What exactly are the responsibilities of a baseball team's president anyway? You never hear about them. I think I heard more from Randy Levine about the Torre situation than ever before.

My guess is he handles all the day-to-day things that don't really concern the team directly: Payroll, ushers, stadium work/development, contracts with cleaning crews, advertisements, contracts with vendors, contracts with businesses...etc etc etc.

From my limited dealings with him when I lived in STL, he was a nice guy.

Sure Lamping may be a nice guy - he'd have to be to have his job so long- Well adept at arse-kissing the AB execs, to politicians in Jeff City, the new owners-politicians themselves and luxury box folk...

To some extent he is just doing his job -being the tool for the owners when they want to
-get corporate welfare from the state
-bully the city
-threaten to ruin Cardinals by moving
-do away with Cardinals on the radio throughout the midwest
-raise ticket prices
-sell urinals etc etc etc

takes a certain moral fiber to still be nice and do that stuff....

Freed Roger wrote:Sure Lamping may be a nice guy - he'd have to be to have his job so long- Well adept at arse-kissing the AB execs, to politicians in Jeff City, the new owners-politicians themselves and luxury box folk...

To some extent he is just doing his job -being the tool for the owners when they want to
-get corporate welfare from the state
-bully the city
-threaten to ruin Cardinals by moving
-do away with Cardinals on the radio throughout the midwest
-raise ticket prices
-sell urinals etc etc etc

takes a certain moral fiber to still be nice and do that stuff....

He's a businessman. This is what businessmen do. Maybe he should be an auto mechanic and shoot the bull with the average fan while he fixes their timing belt.

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He's a businessman. This is what businessmen do.

Conman - businessman same thing. Both are nice guys.

Freed Roger wrote:

He's a businessman. This is what businessmen do.

Conman - businessman same thing. Both are nice guys.

Did Lamping kick your dog or something?