They wanted to show me “fine dining.” I was stunned.
Not even somebody *from *Dallas can be THAT thick. Must’ve moved up from South Texas.
I grew up in Stl area, and I HATE the freakin’ stoopid “St. Louis” pizza!!!
GO CARDS!!!
Why do come to Texas and ask for Italian? Do I go to Italy and ask for Chili? No. No, sir, I don’t.
Iced Tea, Chicken Fried Steak, Smoked Brisket, Chili & Icecream. When you come to Texas, *that’s *what you order. IN that order.
Sheesh!
What is wrong with people? orderin’ fricken’ Italian…like orderin’ coleslaw without mayo…or potator salad without mustard…might as well just tell yer momma you don’t love her…
Fixed it for you.
Why do come to Texas and ask for Italian? Do I go to Italy and ask for Chili? No. No, sir, I don’t.
Iced Tea, Chicken Fried Steak, Smoked Brisket, Chili & Icecream. When you come to Texas, *that’s *what you order. IN that order.
Sheesh!
What is wrong with people? orderin’ fricken’ Italian…like orderin’ coleslaw without mayo…or potator salad without mustard…might as well just tell yer momma you don’t love her…
Fixed it for you.
Absolutely. Thanks!
The series isn’t over.
And now it is.
So, the StL. Cardinals are the 2011 World Series Champions. (ahhhh, that felt really good to type.) Everyone knows about the storied Yankees. Gobs of East Coast money. A huge metropolitan area to draw form. Same with the BoSox, Giants, (NY and SF flavors) and Dodgers (Brooklyn and LA versions…)
I find it interesting to look at the Cardinals franchise as the outsider: the (seemingly) unsophisticated country cousin who is a succesful underdog. And I find it espcially interesting to frame the discussion in terms of demographics. Until the Great Western Shift of the 50’s and 60’s, St. Louis was the furthest west and, for all intents and purposes, the furthest southern located franchise in baseball. (D.C. was technically further south, but really i.d.'s northeast more than south.) No teams in CA, ATL or FL. No teams CO or SEA. Becauseof this, for much of their history, the Cardinals had the pick of talent of the South, Midwest and West. The farm system the Cardinals built is still the standard major league teams build on. Because of this ability to pick and develop talent, the small market Cardinals have generated some remarkable success:
11 World Series titles (2nd in majors behind Yankees* who have 27)
18 World Series appearances
10 league championship appearances
10 division championship series. (the only year the Cards did NOT advance to the LCS was 2009!)
36 HOF players, including:
Dizzy Dean (30!! game winner,1934), who pitched w/his brother Paul Dean on the same Cardinals “Gashouse Gang” teams. Paul once pitched a no hitter in the second game of a double header. Dizzy threw a shut out ahead of Paul. When asked about the game(s), Dizzy famously said: “If I’d a knowed Paul was gonna throw a no-hitter, I woulda throwed one too…”
Bob “HTFU” Gibson, who would have moved his mother off of the plate, if he thought she was crowding it, was the most intimidating pitcher to ever throw a
baseball. Period. Gibby once pitched a game with a broken leg. And won. He was so good, they lowered the mound because of his dominance.
Ozzie Smith, (13 Gold Gloves) Ozzie had such range, he could be described as variously playing short stop or shallow center field.
Lou Brock, whom the Cards acquired from Chicago Cubs in one of the most one-sided trades in BB history. He was the all time steals leader for 20+ years.
Rogers Hornsby. Probably the greates right handed hitter of all time.
Stan “The Man” Musial. At the base of his statue outside of Busch Stadium it says: “Here stands baseball’s perfect warrior, here stands baseball’s perfect knight.”
Musial won 3 league MVP’s, and was one of the most durable players in baseball history. He played in 895 consecutive games until, in 1957, Musial tore a muscle/chippeda bone
in his shoulder swinging at a bad pitch. Miusial finished w/a .361 lifetime batting average. Musial had gaudy stats, but consider this: He missed 2 full seasons fightining in WWII.
Albert Pujols…We’ll let ya know.
*The Cardinals are the ONLY team in the majors with a post-season winning record against the Yankees.
And yet, as the title of this thread shows, typical Cardinal fans can be just as classless as Yankee and Red Sox fans.
Congratulations on the victory. Your guys earned it with a helluva comeback . . . . er, comebacks . . . . in Game 6. As to the specifics of your post, anybody with any knowledge of the game knows about Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, and the rest. Don’t be like Chicago sports fans . . . suppress the feelings of inadequacy and enjoy your World Series title.
Kiss Albert goodbye.
And yet, as the title of this thread shows, typical Cardinal fans can be just as classless as Yankee and Red Sox fans.
Congratulations on the victory. Your guys earned it with a helluva comeback . . . . er, comebacks . . . . in Game 6. As to the specifics of your post, anybody with any knowledge of the game knows about Dizzy Dean, Bob Gibson, and the rest. Don’t be like Chicago sports fans . . . suppress the feelings of inadequacy and enjoy your World Series title.
Kiss Albert goodbye.
However, we could* NEVER* be as thin-skinned as Texas fans. I’m still laughing about feeling “inadequate” like a Cubs fan. That isn’t “inadequacy,” that’s futility.
Albert can go ahead and cash out and pop his golden (pinstriped) parachute. I am a little dubious as to how a) healthy he is and b) how old he is. Being saddled w/a 10 year??!! $30 mill contract is idiotic. That could buy a couple of young bats and arms.
BTW, they had to delay the parade until tomorrw. It took a day to get Prince Fielder down here…he will be riding in the front car.
Now remind me, who threw Prince that hanging curve in the All-Star game? Some American league pitcher w/a “T” on his hat. WTF was his name??
However, we could* NEVER* be as thin-skinned as Texas fans. I’m still laughing about feeling “inadequate” like a Cubs fan. That isn’t “inadequacy,” that’s futility.
Riiiiight.