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But they're great and loyal fans, aren't they?
2008-04-03 07:03
by Bob Timmermann

The St. Louis Cardinals had their first non-sellout at the new Busch Stadium, ending a stretch of 165 games. Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports wrote about the woebegone Cardinals.

“It’s just bad weather more than anything,” Cardinals closer Jason Isringhausen said. “It’s cold out. Kids have school tomorrow. You know, that’s the way I look at it.”

Well, yeah. The Cardinals have paid Isringhausen about $50 million in his seven seasons here. The least he can do is give them good excuses.

I, for one, refuse to believe the Best Fans in Baseball™ would have been dissuaded by bad weather or kids having to school. It's not that the fans have gotten smaller in numbers, it's just that the stadium got bigger suddenly.

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2008-04-03 07:49:07
1.   Philip Michaels
"It's not that the fans have gotten smaller in numbers, it's just that the stadium got bigger suddenly."

Norma Desmond approves of this line of defense.

2008-04-03 08:15:07
2.   dianagramr
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"The fans have gotten fatter, which mean less can fit in the stadium."

The U.S. Surgeon General approves of this line of defense.

2008-04-03 08:39:04
3.   bobsbrother
Not to come off as a homer, because I think the "Baseball's Best Fans" label is pretty ridiculous -- baseball's best fans can't judge fly balls and think every ball hit in the air is going to be a homer, for instance -- but two years of selling out every game isn't bad, and if you compare their crowd of 39,000 to other attendances on Wednesday night, it's not that bad. (Cincinnati had 14,000; apparently there's a post-Opening Day hangover in the Queen City.)

You may now resume mocking St. Louis.

2008-04-03 09:52:19
4.   yankee23
St. Louis, you've changed man. You used to be about the baseball!
2008-04-03 10:05:59
5.   Johnny Nucleo
"Our audience isn't declining. It's just becoming more selective."
2008-04-03 10:30:13
6.   bhsportsguy
Bob, your brother was correct in his analysis of Xavier.
2008-04-03 10:36:14
7.   Bob Timmermann
I have to give the man credit for that. He is the expert on the A-10.
2008-04-03 11:15:49
8.   Brent is a Dodger Fan
"It isn't that the fans aren't interested; they just don't want to see their team lose."

Oops. I think I messed up the pattern.

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