Cardinals Fan Stereotypes...

by FireBell on Jun 18, 2007 5:42 PM EDT

All in good fun of course. Hey, what else do we have to talk about/care about regarding this incompetent franchise and its arrogant ownership?

I'll start:

Old
Wearing faded t-shirts
irrational love of small ball
over emotion regarding Jack Buck
danish eaters
given to RVs
obsessed with St Louis being a more respected city on the east coast than KC -- as if anyone cares?

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Nice

Except lay off the old guys with RVs. RVs are hot, as long as they're not used to camp in parking lots/walmart/cabelas. Gotta know where the danish thing comes from.

Irrational love of small ball: see Bo Hart. And the red tshirt thing, kinda sad. They always remind me of womens college basketball fans that way, UT, UConn. Too much of their identity/self-respect tied to their team.

by chukar on Jun 12, 2007 1:53 AM EDT 0 recs

nice all around

love of scrapiness could also be added

What hath Bell wrought?

by FireBell on Jun 12, 2007 1:59 AM EDT up 0 recs

the part about being proud of STL is true

and totally laughable... the attitude in NY to anywhere that isn't on the West coast is "ohh, OK"

I have Morgellons.

by DyeFan187 on Jun 12, 2007 2:00 AM EDT 0 recs

douche nozzles

If you see a guy in a Cardinals hat, chances are, he's an asshole. If he's not an asshole, he doesn't really root for the Cardinals, he just liked the hat. Cocky, arrogant, stuffy old geezers, and "softball guy" are all generally Cards fans. Damn, I wanna sweep the frickin' turdbirds so bad this week so that I can serve up a big plate of Royal stew to all the turdbird fans around here. btw Cards fans: Your city sucks! It's boring, expensive , and lame. One more thing. Budweiser sucks too!!! Get a real beer. Have a Boule and shut up cause our boys are going to kick your soory asses. And they thought Yankee-Red Sox fans hated each other? Ha!

by royaldaddy on Jun 12, 2007 2:03 AM EDT 0 recs

Tread lightly on the old geezers, my friend..

You will be one way sooner than you think.

by grudz69 on Jun 12, 2007 12:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

The funny thing is

I grew up as a diehard Chiefs fan and Royals fan in KC until I moved out here to CA. I grew up hating the Raiders, especially after seeing those morons lose to the Chiefs in Oakland the first time they played after moving back, and also deep loathing for the Broncos, especially after they tried to legitimize Jake Plummer as a high calibur QB, and not so much the SD Chargers, but they have gotten good recently, and now I hate them, especially after meeting a bunch at social functions in Cen and So Cal. Thing is I don't hate the Rams. Unless they go out looking for it.

Same with the Royals, I reallllly don't like the White Sox, and my dislike for Twins is pretty high, especially after a layover in Min-St.Paul in 2003 when we made our miracle run, it felt like enemy territory finally because we were also not shitty, and I kinda like the Indians but not really, and I hate Detroit. But I guess growing up more on the West Coast and not in KC I really never developed a dispassion for the Cardinals.

wierd.

by wildthang on Jun 12, 2007 3:59 AM EDT 0 recs

get over it.

Arrogance would be mine, only Yankee fans are worse.
Series wins in 82 & 06 lost in 87 & 04 and yet all we hear about is a lost series in 85. Denkinger did not blow that game, any more than Steve Bartman lost the Cubs game. YOU CHOKED, just admit it! That could be the first out, there was no threat at that point. Then you missed a foul ball. Choke, that's one on the cards, now you're even. Then a passed ball and missed tag on the run. How is this Denkinger's fault? CHOKE! You had another game to prove your worth and you choked.

Yeah, I hate Cards fans. All they remember is Denkinger, poor guy. We don't cry about Chris Chambliss. No we went back and stuck it to the Yanks one time and we don't worry about the rest.

by David Howards Legacy on Jun 12, 2007 9:46 AM EDT 0 recs

What exactly are you trying to say?

I'm not sure I understand what you are getting at. Are you saying the Cardinals CHOKED in the '85 Series? That when Jack Clark dropped Balboni's foul pop up he CHOKED? That when Darrell Porter allowed a passed ball, he was CHOKING? That Todd Worrell giving up a single to light hitting Jorge Orta was a CHOKE job? That the Cards just completely CHOKED in Game Seven?

I guess I'd have to agree!

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 12, 2007 10:17 AM EDT up 0 recs

Cards fans

-Still can't get over 1985
-Thinks Busch Stadium, even the old one, is the greatest stadium in baseball
-Thinks Ozzie Smith was a great hitter
-Thinks St. Louis is so much better than KC that there is no rivalry: "we don't even care" - yet spend all their time dissing Kansas City

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 12, 2007 10:15 AM EDT 0 recs

Went to Cards Game at Busch

A little earlier this season (I'm not a sell-out, and will be wearing blue at the game tonight). We had nice seats. The Cards we're losing by two with two men in scoring position, and what is the crowd doing? THE FREAKING WAVE.

Now I understand, the Cards just won the Series last year, and I'm sure there are a lot of bandwagon jumpers. However, this is a "Cardinal" sin in my book - fans out for a beer and not for a game.

In KC - if the wave starts it's because nothing at all is happening on the field. And it ends promptly once something does happen. I love the section that won't do it because they're actually WATCHING THE GAME. You're my heroes.

by Cleveland on Jun 12, 2007 10:27 AM EDT 0 recs

one mre thing...

they are obsessed with being "great baseball fans" yet basically this means being in love with bunting and pretending to be down with LaRussa's endless matchup moves

I have Morgellons.

by DyeFan187 on Jun 12, 2007 11:04 AM EDT 0 recs

Living in Springfield I gotta deal with this crap

ALOT. They always brag about being the most knowledgeable fans in MLB, but when you talk to some its obvious they are idiots and all they see is Cardinal red. I hate the Cardinals, our city is cleaner and less congested, our food is better, our women our hotter, and we aren't in the top 10 fattest cities annually like you are. If you didnt have the Arch you would be another Springfield with more crime.

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 12, 2007 11:07 AM EDT 0 recs

another springfield with less crime

wow

by royalsreview on Jun 12, 2007 11:52 AM EDT up 0 recs

And its POP not soda!

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 12, 2007 11:08 AM EDT 0 recs

LOL

I don't know how many debates I had with my St. Louis-born college roomate about that.

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 12, 2007 12:04 PM EDT up 0 recs

You guys call it "pop"?

Uh oh...

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 14, 2007 12:32 AM EDT up 0 recs

hell no!

it's a soda! None of that pansy 'pop' shit.

Hey, NHZ, if I manage to schmooze my way to a Royals/Red Sox game in Boston, you're going to have to go too. You do realize this, yes?

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 14, 2007 12:43 AM EDT up 0 recs

How is pop pansy?

and I have never heard anyone in the KC area call it soda.

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 14, 2007 1:22 AM EDT up 0 recs

I always have and always will call it soda

thank you very much :P

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 14, 2007 5:31 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm going to have to agree

I am guilty of saying soda too. "pop" just sounds so trailer park. Sorry guys.

by royaldaddy on Jun 14, 2007 6:25 PM EDT up 0 recs

you have betrayed the entire city

come on guys, our whole foundation is built on saying "pop", not "soda". if you want a good laugh check out this chart/graph/map thingy...

CHECK IT HERE

the funniest is how it is broken up. its soda in so cal and in the northeast and for some random reason no one can seem to figure out, eastern missouri (centered around st. looeee) thinks they are "so northeast" and choose to call it soda. southeast calls it "coke" and the ENTIRE midwest, the heart of the country and where true truth is spewed calls it what is should be called, "POP".

why cant st loooeee just accept the fact it is in the midwest, they are more northeast than anything else....

by rockchalk on Jun 15, 2007 1:10 AM EDT up 0 recs

2006

Maybe this is more the media's fault, but the 2006 Cardinals were a mediocre team. 82-79, the worst World Champs ever. Granted the 85 Royals maybe second on the list (are they?). Point is don't overrate their preformance last year. They were lucky, and that's it. Just like the 85 Royals.

by David Howards Legacy on Jun 12, 2007 11:44 AM EDT 0 recs

Worst World Champions Ever

2006 Cardinals 83-78
1987 Twins 85-77
2000 Yankees 87-74
1974 A's 90-72
2003 Marlins 91-71
1990 Reds 91-71
1985 Royals 91-71
1980 Phillies 91-71

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 12, 2007 12:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

the non-rivalry/rivalry issue is always fun

by royalsreview on Jun 12, 2007 11:53 AM EDT 0 recs

cheering when a runner gets "moved over"

does not make you a smart baseball fan

it makes you minimally observant and borderline wrong (i.e., the love of small-ball =smart_

by LeoBloom on Jun 12, 2007 12:06 PM EDT 0 recs

i like it when

they talk about how bad KC is, then get reminded that there has been absolutely no discussion about us moving or needing the taxpayers to foot the bill for a new stadium.

or just when they loose. i'll be in the hy-vee view box on the third base side wearing what may be the oldest t shirt in the park (bleach stains and all).

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Jun 12, 2007 2:30 PM EDT 0 recs

love it

by royalsreview on Jun 12, 2007 3:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

has anyone else...

ever met a female cards fan?

i haven't

What hath Bell wrought?

by FireBell on Jun 12, 2007 3:56 PM EDT 0 recs

Are you counting

Jim Edmonds?

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 12, 2007 4:16 PM EDT up 0 recs

oh yeah

there usually attached at the hip to their flip-collared-front-tucked-polo-shirt wearing obnoxiously drunk west county boyfriend.

that or they're really hot and from arkansas. no shit, there's a ton of those.

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Jun 12, 2007 5:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

wow

i saw a million of these women at the home series

over the line smokey

by saintalfonzo on Jun 19, 2007 8:20 PM EDT up 0 recs

WOW

Wow there is alot of hatred towards the Cardinals over here.Gotta admit im a diehard Cardinal fan but i do love the Royals and I root for them when their not playing the Cardinals.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 11:13 AM EDT 0 recs

Thanks but no thanks.

We don't take kindly to your kind.

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 12:07 PM EDT 0 recs

can't handle an informed, well formulated opinion

that goes against their team. My friend's girl got so upset and bent out of shape last night because I told her the Cards got lucky last year in the postseason. They only won 83 games in the regular year, they were the 12th best team in the majors, and the Mets and Tigers were certainly more deserving. The only reason they won was because they had a hot October. That's fine, and I'm not slamming them on that, but I think it's fucking ridiculous that they can't even listen to my side of it.

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 13, 2007 12:54 PM EDT 0 recs

I think that

pretty much sums it up. Not all Cards fans are like that, but a lot of them have a hard time seeing past the Cardinals. They probably don't even know which team JD Drew is playing on these days. And they are still waiting for Rick Ankiel to come back as an OF.

by Stook on Jun 13, 2007 1:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah,

that's pretty much the Cardinals postseason in a nutshell.

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 14, 2007 12:33 AM EDT up 0 recs

Well

Most royal fans i.ve met at games are very snotty and disrespectful and im not talking about you guys.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:06 PM EDT 0 recs

Also

noone knows more then Cardinal fans how lucky we were last season since we watched almost all the games.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:08 PM EDT 0 recs

You guys sure don't act like it

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 2:11 PM EDT 0 recs

Why should we?

Why should we? we`re proud of our team theres nothing wrong with that.I had never seen the Cardinals win a WS before last time they won i wasnt born.We`re proud of them so what? if your team won you`d be proud of them too

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:15 PM EDT 0 recs

Im not saying you shouldnt be proud

Im proud of the lousy Royals, all Im saying is that every Cards fan I've ever met in my life acts the same stuck up, we know more about baseball than you do way, and I'm tired of it. Especially these redneck fans down here in Springfield that don't shower regularly and have 3 teeth, it makes me proud to be a Royals fan when I see some of the trash acting the way they do with their Cards gear on. What I'm tryin to say is that ya you won the world series and its cool to be proud, but why do you act stuck up and think you know more about the game?

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 2:20 PM EDT 0 recs

Ok......

I.ve never acted stuck up and I dont act like I know more then anyone and i take offense to your redneck comments im from the country and that is very offensive.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:23 PM EDT 0 recs

sorry i offended you

but its true, the majority of your fans act that way.

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 2:26 PM EDT 0 recs

Also

Alot of that "Best fan in baseball" stuff is the media and the organization trying to lure players to our team.
But the Cardinal fans are a different breed then the redsox,yankeee,cubs fans to mention a few who only cheer when their team does something we cheer when their is a great play made by any team and im proud of that.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:30 PM EDT 0 recs

One time

I saw Andruw Jones in old Busch hit two homers and he got a standing ovation from our fans and I like that about our fans

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:33 PM EDT 0 recs

Who are you trying to convince?

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 2:39 PM EDT 0 recs

One more thing

I`m here to tell you Royals fans there are ALOT of Cardinal fans out their who love the Royals and who are respectful you guys might not see them but I do.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 2:41 PM EDT 0 recs

Calhoun, give it up

Most of us know that Cards fans are for the most part okay. But its a rivalry, and we're going to make jokes, and point fun and assert our superiority. Its what sports fans do.

See here

I'm sure you're a nice guy, but you're not going to win any converts here, any more than I would if I posted at Viva el Birdos.

Get a brain morans!

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 13, 2007 3:01 PM EDT 0 recs

I`m trying to win converts

Whats wrong with debating isnt that what blogs are for? I enjoy debating but I gotta say I have the best comeback.

Talk to the ten rings

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 3:07 PM EDT 0 recs

Errr

Im NOT trying to win converts wrote it wrong

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 3:08 PM EDT 0 recs

sorry, too late

you won me

by marbotty on Jun 13, 2007 3:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

Me too

Which is weird, because I'd have to be a Royals fan first to convert...

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 14, 2007 12:34 AM EDT up 0 recs

First day

Its my first day on this blog i had to get in a big debate with someone its in my nature.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 3:23 PM EDT 0 recs

What exactly are you debating?

Relive Royals History at royalsretro.blogspot.com

by RoyalsRetro on Jun 13, 2007 3:57 PM EDT up 0 recs

How much more he knows about baseball than us...

or something like that.

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 4:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

So you're from viva la turdos?

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 13, 2007 3:34 PM EDT 0 recs

If we played in the weak-ass

NL Central, we'd win that frickin' division too. You can't be a Royals fan and a Cards fan. It's impossible. If you're a Cards fan, you have to think you're better than everybody else and be a wannabe New Yorker. To be a Royals fan, you have to be extremely loyal and humble. Also, you have to drink a real beer to be a true Royal fan. Boulevard, not that Budweiser shit! Cardinal fans take it in the Pujols!!!!

by royaldaddy on Jun 13, 2007 3:38 PM EDT 0 recs

New Yorker?

Why would I wanna be a New Yorker I hate that smog infested city and im a country boy from the capitol city!

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 3:41 PM EDT 0 recs

well, congrats on getting 10 rings

in the WORST division in the inferior league. Look at interleague records for the past few years. There's a reason that the Cardinals are able to come back year after year after year, and I'll tell you why. It's because the national league central division SUCKS. If you add all the teams together, the NL central is 21.5 games UNDER 500. That's bad. The cardinals are lucky to have gotten 27 wins on the year because they play in a shitty division in a shitty league and despite being 7 games under 500, they're tied for 2nd in their division. PATHETIC!

So don't come on our board and try to tell us that you're a fan of both teams and then say 'talk to our ten rings' because that's bull shit. You can't be a great fan of two teams, and you've obviously chosen your team. I'm not even going to go into the difference in lifetimes of the franchises, because the Royals are a much younger team than the Cardinals are and for that reason alone it's not a big deal that the Royals have only been to the world series twice and won it once.

You'd think that an 8-1 smackdown by the "terrible, hapless Royals" would be enough to shut Cardinals fans up about these kinds of things, but obviously not. I hope we sweep your sorry asses, because heaven knows you deserve it.

And to the rest of the RR community, I'm sorry I'm getting bent out of shape; I normally don't do this, but I'm sick and tired of the bullshit that we have to put up with annually when the deadbirds come to town.

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 13, 2007 3:42 PM EDT 0 recs

Hell Yeah loyal2!!!!

Tell those turdbird fans what it is. That's the kind of rant a Royals fan can be proud of. Get out the "deadbirds" t-shirt again and get out to the K. Tonight we dine on the flesh of the Cardinals. Get ready for another ass whoopin' their chief.

by royaldaddy on Jun 13, 2007 4:15 PM EDT up 0 recs

oh don't worry

i'm already wearing the shirt. This shirt is one that I frequently wear going through the STL airport (and get dirty looks from the security people for). I always wear it with pride.

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 13, 2007 4:17 PM EDT up 0 recs

Just a bit of advice

Never go through east saint louis with that shirt on you probally wouldnt make it out alive.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 4:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

please

you can barely make it out of east STL alive with a white wife beater and a pair of jeans on, let alone anything else.

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 13, 2007 4:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

Exactly

lol

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 4:51 PM EDT up 0 recs

Try walking through...

Bedford-Stuy alone. :P

A mind without purpose will walk in dark places.

by NHZ on Jun 14, 2007 12:36 AM EDT up 0 recs

Dude

When I said talk to the ten rings I was JOKING
I was responding to a guy who said all we.re doing is joking around so I was joking around get a life dude.

by Calhoun on Jun 13, 2007 3:46 PM EDT 0 recs

hell hath no fury like a woman scorned

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 13, 2007 3:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

Ummm

What? Slow down. Use your words (and punctuation).

by Stook on Jun 13, 2007 6:07 PM EDT up 0 recs

One ring to rule them all.

How did paying paying David Howard a million buck work for you guys? I mean he didn't even start! and why didn't he take his curse with him?

by David Howards Legacy on Jun 13, 2007 5:04 PM EDT 0 recs

this is great

it's like every time i talk about baseball with my friends....

except more people are right and i'm not in danger of getting slapped for wearing blue.

last night there was a group of guys the next section over (132) chanting 'wor-ld se-ries' with their one friend in blue looking forlorn. I walked over and asked (kinda loudly) 'which one, 1985?' and walked off.

bite me birdos.

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Jun 13, 2007 7:31 PM EDT 0 recs

Cardinals fans all wear cargo shorts and red polos

I can't stand it.

by jack handy on Jun 13, 2007 9:07 PM EDT 0 recs

I sat with my friends and her huge group of Cards

fans. They confirmed every single bit of loathing I and many others have expressed.

I challenge everyone to the Jeff City/Columbia/Springfield experience. Try living there 365 days out of the year and being a lone Royals fan. That's why I hate Cards fans so much, the stuff I have to put up with day to day.

I got bored...sue me

by loyal2theroyals on Jun 14, 2007 12:06 AM EDT 0 recs

RIght so i grew up in

Salem (google that shit) then springfield, now hollister. I'm hyped to be back in springfield this summer. serisously.

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Jun 14, 2007 11:02 AM EDT up 0 recs

Ive lived in the field of Springs for 3 years now

so ive earned my stripes. Movin back to KC in July though, Thank GOD!

If you were a hotdog would you eat yourself? I know I would!

by greggagneHOF on Jun 14, 2007 1:25 AM EDT 0 recs

Calhoun

I don't want to get into an argument, but...

You simply CAN NOT be a fan of both teams. Pick one, and be done. I can't speak for Cardinal fans, but I guarantee you, most Royals fans DON'T WANT a fan claiming to like both teams.

It's like coke or pepsi, dogs or cats, rock & roll or country, Microsoft or Apple, and any other product people feel passionately about. If you try to claim you are a fan of both, you are simply being dishonest.

by loyal2s dad on Jun 15, 2007 12:32 PM EDT 0 recs

i dunno

i am by no stretch of the imagination a cards fan (pujols fan? maybe...) but i can deal with fans who chear for both teams. especially guys who really love baseball, for small town coaches and the like in, oh, lets say, lexington mo or something, it's a wet dream, they get an AL team AND an NL team. there is literally almost always a game on.

it's not me, but i buy it.

The first thing I know about someone in a KC hat is that they're loyal.

by grantfunk on Jun 15, 2007 1:02 PM EDT 0 recs

Cardinal fans are hypocrites

They will trash the Cubs and Royals all they want, but heaven forbid a Royals fan says something negative, they threaten to get you thrown out of the stadium!

by jbrocato on Jun 19, 2007 12:37 AM EDT 0 recs