So, I’m going to mention this now, well in advance. This year, 2006, I’m going to root for the Cardinals. Crazy, I know…but I don’t make this decision lightly… While I’ve always been a KC Royals fan (…if you even count me as a “baseball fan” in the first place…), they haven’t had a winning season in what seems like 20 years…that, and I’m living in St. Louis now, so I should root, root, root for the home team. Finally, I’ve kinda rooted against them in the past two playoff bouts (since Truman is 80% St. Louis kids, so I have to go against the grain…), but I kinda felt bad last time since the Cards weren’t really playing at their best and, practically, gave up the playoffs this year.
I mention this now because I generally hate it when people are “fairweather fans.” For example, there were lots of Bulls fans 10 years ago…are there any anymore? Nope. I saw a lot of Rams fans running around a few years back…but now that they aren’t doing so well, I don’t see as many jackets as I used to. Granted, some people have “always been a Cardinals fan,” but not that many people… I figure that now that they’ve lost two playoff bids and many of their key players have been traded, etc., I can safely begin to support them without becoming a “fairweather fan”…perhaps…
Therefore, I hereby make it public knowledge that I will support the St. Louis Cardinals in their next season, be it successful or not. If I’m going to live here for 5 years, I guess I’d better get used to having a hometown team.
P.S. Busch Stadium was only 40 years old. I don’t understand the hoopla behind selling bits of it off to fans… If you know nothing about this, they’ve torn down the old stadium to make room for the new one…but they sold off things like seats, dirt and urinals from the old stadium for hundreds of $$$ to idiots. I don’t understand this need to retain memories of a 40-year-old stadium. I mean, if it were Wrigley Field or something, I’d understand…but…this isn’t Wrigley Field…
Sometimes I just can’t help but hate St. Louis
Sometimes I just can’t help but hate Kansas City.
(just to balance)
Will I have to separate you two?
Sometimes I just can’t help but hate Andy Linsenbardt.
…you’re just mad because I continually beat you at poker…
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does this mean I can finally get rid of the KC Royals memorabilia in the box under your bed?
Well you know at least one person who has “always been a Cardinals fan.”
Also, the Cardinals are not losing ANY key players. They will still probably be the best team in the NL in the regular season.
However, I will admit to being a little puzzled by this development. I can understand rooting for a different team than the Royals. The Royals will never again be good with current ownership. But you are switching allegiance to the RIVAL team. One you have HATED in the past. That is absurd. I would ask you to think hard about what you are doing here. This upsets the Sports Gods.
The thing that baffles me is that EVERYONE loves the Cardinals.
Andy, you’re one step away from trendy.
So I guess I will have to return the old Busch stadium seats I bought you for Christmas?
OH So now I’m an idiot huh…geez, you go out and buy a piece of a stadium and andy thinks your an idiot. Well me and my idiot girlfriend(sharon who bought some stuff too) say :-P.
Bastid
oh king kong…187min?
Nathan, not everyone loves the Cards. Remember the BoSox vs Cards world series just a few years ago? The entire nation was rooting for Boston. The Cardinals didn’t even get the benefit of an entire state’s support.
touch?, Mike.
Andy’s still trendy.
Oh, ain’t that the truth!?
…listen…only “trendy” people own Macs and iPods…
…that was a pointed remark at Nathan, of course…
and oh how you long for them…
you trendy cardinals fan. I’m surprised you don’t root for the Yankees.
No, no…see…at no point in my rant above did I say that I would be a “fan.” I said I would support them…which means, not rooting for them. KC will still (and hopefully always…as long as they have a team…) be #1 (even though they’re consistently in last place…), but I will try and find some joy in the Cardinals winning…occasionally…
And my Linux box is still better than OS X…and a lot less trendy…
” so I should root, root, root for the home team. ”
Trendmeister
“This year, 2006, I?m going to root for the Cardinals.”
You’ve only been there 7 months. It won’t be long until the Royals are simply forgotten and the Cubs are your moral enemy.
Dont try to fight, it only delay the inevitable.
I didn’t particularly like the Cards ’til I move here, but that doesn’t mean ‘fair weather’ fan. I still don’t like the Rams….