<3 Brandon Phillips

[MWV]

That having been said, Rooney was "acting like they won the World Series" because he's an obnoxious broadcaster

 

John Rooney was acting like they won the World Series because he's a Cardinals fan.

That may be the case, but its not my point; my point is that over his 20 plus years of broadcasting, Rooney has called pretty much every home run hit by his employing team in such a manner. Case in point, the 2005 White Sox winning an actual World Series game:

 

"A swing, and a high fly ball, deep right center field. This is way back in the gap. And it's a goner! A White Sox winner!"

 

Rooney has always had the same obnoxious, adenoidal homerun call irrespective of who he's working for, which is to say that I don't think he was intentionally trying to be antagonistic towards Cubs fans. He's just an awful announcer that's been brutal to listen to for decades.

[davearm2]

Rooney was "acting like they won the World Series" because he's an obnoxious broadcaster, not because he's part of some organization-wide effort by the Cardinals to be arrogant.

Well he is the Voice of the Cardinals...

[inari]

Whoa, whoa. I like John Rooney.

[Butterscup1679666578]

where did all these f'in cardinals fans come from? go back to birds on the bat or whatever

[SouthSideRyan]

where did all these f'in cardinals fans come from? go back to birds on the bat or whatever

 

hell

[mjohnson71]

Whoa, whoa. I like John Rooney.

 

Step away from the crack pipe please.

[ManEatingTarp]

 

hell

 

 

Often the description of the South Side of Chicago...

[SouthSideRyan]

 

hell

 

 

Often the description of the South Side of Chicago...

 

You ain't whistling dixie

[NonProfitCow]

where did all these f'in cardinals fans come from? go back to birds on the bat or whatever

NO, YOU GO BACK

[javy knows my name]

 

hell

 

 

Often the description of the South Side of Chicago...

 

You ain't whistling dixie

Hahaha. Where's IMB's photoshop right now?

[Guest]

After the weekend's action, do any of the StL fans want to chime in again with how the Reds are negatively and the Cards are positively impacted by Phillips statements?

[Z38Cubs]

After the weekend's action, do any of the StL fans want to chime in again with how the Reds are negatively and the Cards are positively impacted by Phillips statements?

 

I guess it only works when they play each other? Maybe Yadier can pick a fight with the leadoff batter before every series they play. Then the Cards would never lose!

[ELCABALLO45]

Oh look the Reds are in first place.

 

But I thought Brandon Phillips comments were the turning point for the Cards this season? I thought Phillips was poking the Bear?

[Guest]

Oh look the Reds are in first place.

 

But I thought Brandon Phillips comments were the turning point for the Cards this season? I thought Phillips was poking the Bear?

 

The Cardinals obviously just feel bad for the Cubs that they're nearly 20 games under .500 so they wanted to hand the Cubs a couple wins.

[Tarver]

Chicago is a capital city. It's the third biggest media market in the country. You can't compare the two.

 

Chicago will always win over StL. But I'll take St louis over Detroit, Cleveland, Indy, Louisville, KC, Cincy, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, OKC, SLC, Buffalo, Houston, San Antone and maybe Dallas any day of the week.

 

StL aint that bad.

[Tarver]

And while Atlanta is bigger, and much more relevant, having spent too much time on that dumbass [expletive] they call mass transit and highway infrastructure I'll take the StL version any day. Least Cervantes and Bosley had some sense.

[Guest]

What in the world are you talking about

[Soul]

Oh look the Reds are in first place.

 

But I thought Brandon Phillips comments were the turning point for the Cards this season? I thought Phillips was poking the Bear?

 

The Cardinals obviously just feel bad for the Cubs that they're nearly 20 games under .500 so they wanted to hand the Cubs a couple wins.

 

Baseball is a strange, strange game.

 

And at home no less, the Cards lay a big turd against a team that should have been ripe for the plucking.

[mjohnson71]

Chicago is a capital city. It's the third biggest media market in the country. You can't compare the two.

 

Chicago will always win over StL. But I'll take St louis over Detroit, Cleveland, Indy, Louisville, KC, Cincy, Memphis, Nashville, New Orleans, OKC, SLC, Buffalo, Houston, San Antone and maybe Dallas any day of the week.

 

StL aint that bad.

 

This.

 

Having spent almost a year here I've really come to appreciate St. Louis. Get past the Cardinal fans and there's a lot of good neighborhoods and things to do. When you compare St. Louis to other metro areas in the 2 to 3 million range St. Louis is a much better place.

 

Yeah, their downtown is "meh" and they took a big hit with the Great Recession. And yes, Chicago has a lot more to do: but we're also 4 times bigger. I still take living in Chicago 9 times out of 10. But if you show me that list of smaller cities, I'd always pick St. Louis.

[Andy]

Chicago is not a capital city.

[XZero771679666304]

You couldn't pay me to live in St. Louis. There are some nice neighborhoods, but between the weather, that stinky river, the crime and the locals, you can keep it.

 

Then again, I'm not a fan of cities. There are only a handful of cities that I like enough to tolerate living in a densely populated urban area for. St. Louis just brings nothing to the table.

[cardslesson101]

After the weekend's action, do any of the StL fans want to chime in again with how the Reds are negatively and the Cards are positively impacted by Phillips statements?

 

The only thing I can say is Kyle Lohse isn't ready. I didn't buy into what Phillips said and how it was "the turning point of the season".

[mjohnson71]

Chicago is not a capital city.

 

Might as well be. Blagoyevich pretty much ran the state from his offices here and don't get me started on King Richard II.

 

Does anything south of I-80 really matter?

[wekse]

really? you think st louis is better than nashville? no chance.

[Garwilly]

Chicago is not a capital city.

 

Might as well be. Blagoyevich pretty much ran the state from his offices here and don't get me started on King Richard II.

 

Does anything south of I-80 really matter?

 

I thought he was using the adjective, not the noun, capital.