[Clovidequano Dovatha]

So far, the Boston Red Sox are in the lead with three World Series titles, and the Pirates, Tigers, and Yankees have one World Series title apiece. The Cardinals are so far the worst of the 16 Classic teams, record-wise, never even getting out of last place in the NL for any season by the end of it, in six years of activity to date. While the worst overall team in the AL is the Cleveland Indians, at present.

As for Wilmington's performance in four seasons of activity, they are 28 games over .500 for their entire history, dating back to 1903, with them having two second-place finishes, along with one fifth-place finish and one seventh-place finish, in it. I don't know if 1907 will be better for them yet, however.

Both Cardinals minor league affiliates in 1906 won league titles, however, so maybe we'll be better this year in MLB, I hope. Even though we've not gotten out of last place for a full 154-game season, to date, in our team's history, I'm still hoping we can do so with certain players now on our roster, and hoping that certain players can get better than they have generally been so far in this dynasty. Pujols and Ken Boyer and Rogers Hornsby, to name a few, for example.

The favorites for 1907 almost certainly have to be the Red Sox, who just signed the superstar Alan Trammell away from Detroit for about $34,000 in base salary over 8 years, I think. Joe Mauer went to the Browns for 8 years for just over $23,000 in base salary, as well. We got Goose Goslin, but I don't really know how well he'll perform for us just yet.

We drafted Mike Trout, among other players, in the recent amateur draft, but I think it'll be at least a year before he comes to play for St. Louis. We'll probably start him out in Sioux Falls or Louisville, if he doesn't make the big club out of Spring Training. Or whatever place we choose for our next minor league affiliate, that is. Thanks for your commentary, Pelican, in any case. I'll certainly consider it here, of course. CD out.