I'm glad Tony did what he did. I live in central MO and just found out about this. I looked at Friday's paper and it just ticked me off. Even if La Russa thinks his team is better than the Cubs, which I'm sure he does and its true the cards are better, he keeps it to himself. However the rest of Missouri feels they must continue the tirade against the Cubs even when they (the cards) won last year and we haven't won in 99 years. Yeah it's rivalry but you have to show good sportsmanship about it. And putting garbage into the post dispatch shows the type of fan base you have. IMO it's the only thing keeping them from being one of the best baseball communities in the US.