Saturday, July 18, 2009

Elsewhere on the internet

This summer Deadspin.com has been running a regular feature about major league baseball stadiums called Why Your Stadium Sucks. In honor of the All-Star Game, this week's column featured the new Busch Stadium, and it also included a contribution from one of the folks here at Ape Canyon News Service. (Keep reading - you will find it.)

Most of the installments in this series actually talk about the stadiums themselves, but this one focuses on the St. Louis fans, who are widely rumored to be the "Best Fans in Baseball."
For the record, here is my personal list of the most shameful moments in Cardinals fan history:
  • Redbird fans boo Garry Templeton and Keith Hernandez on their returns to St. Louis after being traded;
  • St. Louis welcomes and embraces slugger Mark McGwire;
  • Fans throw cowbells and other objects at the San Francisco Giants outfielder Jeff Leonard during the 1987 National League Championship series.

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