Blues Embracing Cardinals, World Series Is Pretty Sad

I have no problem with it. Like you said, the Cardinals have controlled St. Louis for a month now. Last Friday, no one here put up a GDT and almost no one noticed. Everyone was transfixed on baseball.

The Blues are simply trying to get back into the conversation. The way I see it, it’s the passing of the baton in the relay race. The Cardinals are done and now it’s the Blues time to shine. But the moment the baton is passed, the two share the save space, so embrace it.

If some Cards’ fan goes to his/her first game tonight … that’s a good thing, right?

the only thing i don’t like is the “wear cards gear to get a discount!”

the rest of it? fine by me. but don’t bring red into the drinkscotch. we’re the blues.

Look, we’ve already established that the Blues have no marketing department to speak of, so the fact that they even know they HAVE a major sports entertainment competitor is quite encouraging.

If anything, this makes me happier to show up to tonight’s game. No, I will not be wearing my Cardinals gear (and Lord knows I have a fuckload of it), but why wouldn’t we celebrate something a team has done a fourth time in a time period in which the Blues have never done?

This is no different and certainly no worse than when the Cubs had Blackhawks players throw out first pitches last July.

“HEY GUYS! CHECK IT OUT! THESE GUYS WON SOMETHING AND WE’D LIKE TO WIN SHIT TOO!!!!!”

This seems more or less an argument to start an argument. And all I can say is “Meh.”

Seeing Fredbird parade Louie around in a leash and gimp mask for the entire game. At least now there’s a reason why the pantsless blue rat doesn’t wear pants.

Seriously, though, I don’t mind it. I’m a fan of both teams. This is like some kind of Captain America/Batman teamup. Sure, it shouldn’t happen, but it does and it’s still kinda cool anyway. If someone shows up in Cards gear, so be it. It’s not like I didn’t see that at the Calgary game last month or the pre-season game in September.

i have worn blues gear to a cards game before.

Then again, I’m a Cubs fan.

Look, I have nothing against supporting the home town team (other than the entire “best fans in baseball” thing and Cards fans holier than attitude), and Carpenter, Freese and so on being there is fine. Them pushing forward a gimmick so strongly makes me want to roll my eyes though.

But that giant Don’t Stop Believin’ billboard I drive by every. single. day. That’s another story.

i could say wahat i want about the cardinals and tlr (im STILL a whitey man- so phhhttt) but one thing, as a fan, the blues could learn from their hometown athelete brothers is how to be a team. in the post strike era, is anyone here going to claim the blues have not had leadership/team/bus throwing issues? or that the cardinals have?

carpenter is a great pitcher. from what i’ve seen he is ALSO a great teammate and leader, and while albert i am less convinced is the greatest man in the cardinals lockerroom, i believehe wants to win first and foremost. there isn’t a single ram i could say that about and i have too many doubts still about the blues.

leadership via osmosis. hang out with the cardinal pitching staff in spring training. buy tlr drinks (but for heaven’s sake get him a cab fo rhte ride home).

learn to win from winners.

if it is the cardinals. so much the better.

…and he looked pretty damn good out there. (Better than Nikita’s looked.)

…but I’m also slowly coming to the realization that maybe there aren’t a lot of people who give a shit what I think.

So, whatever. All is well. Carry on.

I love our home town teams. I love hockey more, but I can appreciate some cross promotion for a team that just won it all. It was fucking awesome. I will never forget October of 2011.

I’ll admit I was a baseball fan first, specifically a Cardinal fan who found her way into hockey during the off-season when I needed something to do. Football season didn’t last long enough. Plus there’s only 1 game a week.

So it’s something I got a charge out of — Cards at the Blues game.

But now I live in Washington, DC. There has been cross fertilization among their various sports. There was one occasion at a Caps game where several members of the Nats were signing autographs before the game. (Unfortunately, I couldn’t get there in time for Nats autographs.) And, for Nats games, there have been numerous occasions where a player or coach would throw out the first ball.