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Matheny is managing an underachiever. Now 121 games into the season, it's clear that the Cardinals lack a sharp competitive edge. That's among the prime reasons they come up short in so many close games.

longhornbaseball wrote:This one from Bernie takes the cake. Loss exposes Cards' offense as phony.

This is my favorite part.

Matheny is managing an underachiever. Now 121 games into the season, it's clear that the Cardinals lack a sharp competitive edge. That's among the prime reasons they come up short in so many close games.

lukethedrifter wrote:Slaten fired today. I know, shocking.

Slaten is no stranger to allegations of physical violence:

• In early 1981, when Slaten was the public-address announcer for the St. Louis Steamers indoor soccer team, he was fined by the league for taking a swing at an opposing player who was entering the penalty box. Later, Slaten admitted he was wrong for swinging at the player.

• Later in 1981, Slaten was arrested after an altercation with a Florissant policeman after a Fourth of July weekend fireworks show at the Civic Center. Police alleged that Slaten refused to heed an officer's traffic directions, then struck at him and scuffled with him. It is unclear as to how that case was resolved.

• In 1993, Slaten was found guilty of both felony and misdemeanor assault for attacking a couple outside The Arena after a Blues hockey game. After a minor auto accident, Slaten forced open the door of the other driver's car and punched him in the face and chest, then hit a woman on the jaw when she tried to intervene. Slaten was placed on two years' probation. In a subsequent civil suit, Slaten was ordered to pay $130,000.

• In 1994, Slaten was arrested after a scuffle with his wife and another woman outside the Trainwreck Saloon in Rock Hill. Witnesses said Slaten grabbed one woman by the arm and pulled her outside, then moments later put both hands around the throat of the other woman. Slaten's wife and the other woman later dropped their charges.

• In 2006, Slaten was the subject of a police investigation into a fight that took place at the Dubliner pub in downtown St. Louis while Slaten was doing a remote broadcast for KFNS. A patron alleged that Slaten struck him in the face after the two quarreled about sports. Slaten countered that the man initiated the confrontation by pushing him. No charges were ever filed.

JL21 wrote:I have no clue why people keep hiring that awful jackass. And I felt that way before I knew he had a 30-year long rap sheet of physical violence.

docellis wrote:

JL21 wrote:I have no clue why people keep hiring that awful jackass. And I felt that way before I knew he had a 30-year long rap sheet of physical violence.

technically, they aren't "hiring" him. He (and everyone on kfns and 1380, for the most part) buy their airtime. Essentially, renting their spots. They all sell their own air time (meaning, the commercials that air pay the rent, and the "income" for the airtime).

Everyone on the air on AM sports is earning a living by selling advertising. They are "independent contractors". So nobody hired slaten, nobody fired him. They cancelled the 1099 agreement (or whatever independent contractor form).