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Tag: St. Louis Cardinals
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On condemning vile and bigoted screams no one heard
What exactly did Blackhawks Andrew Shaw say?
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Steve Brown, Natasha Korecki talk Madigan, Rahm, and Rauner at the Hideout
The Illinois house speaker’s spokesman and the Politico reporter dish on what’s up with the mayor and the governor.
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A Cardinals fan searches his soul
Ever the contrarian, Miner plans to root for the Cardinals during the playoffs.
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The White Sox don’t look so bad from 300 miles south
Saint Louis baseball writers see hope for White Sox.
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The loathsome hegemony of the Saint Louis Cardinals
How did the Cardinals become so hard to take?
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Baseball—healthy as can be, yet dying
Baseball, the sport that no longer is what it never was.
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It’s time to knock off walk-off
“Walk-off” is another example of fresh language turned into cliché.
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Did the 1968 baseball season change America forever?
On Tim Wendel’s Summer of ’68: The Season That Changed Baseball, and America, Forever
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There’s no ‘i’ in ‘loyalty’—and for that matter, no ‘u.’ (There is a ‘y.’)
Trying to deal with Albert Pujols leaving the Cardinals.
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It’s been fun, Albert
As a Cincinnati Reds fan, I can honestly say that I’m going to miss watching Albert Pujols annihilate the NL Central, year in and year out.
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The Cubs fan backup plan
It’s tough rooting for the North Siders. But it could be worse.
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Four men beaten as teens swarm downtown areas
Mobs of teenagers have been gathering in downtown Chicago, orchestrating groups to rob stores and attack people. The latest incident featured four beatings over the weekend. (Tribune/Sun-Times) Mayor Daley’s son, Patrick, received more than $700,000 related to the sale of the company that won a city contract to provide wireless internet service at O’Hare. Previously, […]
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The Home of the Brave, the Land of the Free, and the Doormat of the National League*
Kyle Beachy on the life of a Cardinals fan in Chicago.