Comments on: The season that was: GCL

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:38:01 +0000

One point I have never seen brought up that bears mentioning is that for a lot of the clubs that have a GCL affiliate it is there only rookie club. The Cards use the GCL as a low rookie level and JC as advanced rookie. Many of the teams in the GCL have players that the Cardinals would have in the Appy league. If the Cardinals only had one rookie club and it was in the GCL it would have had Vasquez, Smith, Castellanos, Lilley, etc. and would have dominated.

By: Silent George

Silent George — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:37:03 +0000

I thought it was interesting that the teams which were covered in the Daily Farm reports throughout the season on this website all had winning records whereas the teams which were not covered (GCL, Venezuelan and Dominican teams) all had losing records. It’s too small of a sample size to definitively argue cause and effect here, but perhaps some of the blame for the Cardinals low minors’ performance this year falls squarely on you guys…

By: whopperman

whopperman — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:03:21 +0000

As an aside, if anyone ever gets a chance to go see a GCL game, it’s…unique in pro sports.

Not worth a trip to Florida, but if you’re there in season and can go watch, you won’t forget it. No crowd, no scoreboard, no PA, no concession stands, no tickets (just walk right in, sit wherever you want), only limited English spoken…

A friend of mine played for the GCL Indians this year — never seen anything quite like the game I watched there.

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:12:55 +0000

Man, was I ever wrong about Juan Mosquera…