Cards or Rockies Anyone?

[ShockTalk]

Anyone interested in discussing the Cardinals or Rockies? Not being a fair-weather fan here, as I followed the Cardinals through their ups and downs for 50+ years. I just cannot get into the Royals anymore. One winning season in the last 15, going on 16, just doesn't cut it. Good grief, Ankiel was batting clean-up today. :roll:

I haven't followed the Rockies that much, but went to a Rockies / Cards game in Denver late last year and was impressed by their fans and stadium. So I could learn.

[BenWSU]

I followed the Cardinals from 04 to 06. Back then I became a Rolen fan.
Pujols - Holliday combination should be good.

Don`t know much about the Rockies. Jeff Francis on DL is an issue.

[ABC]

I am a Cardinals fan and will probably buy the cable tv package.

I was fortunate enough to get pics last year of me with Bob Gibson, Red Schoendienst and Lou Brock.

I will probably make 2,3 home games this year.

Last year, when I was chatting with Bob Gibson, I asked him where he lived and he said Omaha, and I said "of course, you went to to Creighton."

I said, "Well, I love the Cardinals, but I am a Wichita State fan." H"e immiedately started booing, though he did so politely.

Good sports fan, obviously.

[CharlieHog]

I love watching the Rockies home games on TV b/c their mascot stands behind the plate a lot and is hilarious (at least to me).

[ShoxFan963]

I don't know how you could follow the Royals, they haven't even won a world series ;) (Cardinals fan here)

[ShockTalk]

I don't know how you could follow the Royals, they haven't even won a world series ;) (Cardinals fan here)

At that time, I was a Card fan first, but also liked and followed the Royals. When both teams made it to the Series, I thought I couldn't lose. I'd be happy with which ever team won. As it turned out, I found that I didn't really like the Royals anywhere close to the Cards. The way the it went down was very hard to swallow.

[ShockTalk]

ABC - What did you think of the new contract R. Franklin got late last year? Looks like he started this year just like he finished it last year after the signing.

[Shox151]

Been A Rocks fan since 93 (before that was a Dodgers), just something about the AL just doesn't sit well with me.

Rocks will be in some trouble with Francis on the DL and Street still nursing his shoulder too. I do think that the starting rotation may be able to overcome Francis as it appears to be a deep group of pitchers.

[vbird53]

I need to get up to Wrigley this year in order to remember why I'm a Cubbie fan.

[newshock1234]

Re: Cards or Rockies Anyone?

Anyone interested in discussing the Cardinals or Rockies? Not being a fair-weather fan here, as I followed the Cardinals through their ups and downs for 50+ years. I just cannot get into the Royals anymore. One winning season in the last 15, going on 16, just doesn't cut it. Good grief, Ankiel was batting clean-up today. :roll:

I haven't followed the Rockies that much, but went to a Rockies / Cards game in Denver late last year and was impressed by their fans and stadium. So I could learn.

oh your this kind of fan

[ShockTalk]

newshock1234 - Nope. Just got tired of reading the Royals threads and nothing about the Cards.

I was raised in central Missouri and started going to see the Cards as a kid in the 50's at Sportmans Park. I've followed them closely ever since. I had an uncle that lived in KC and I did see the A's at Municipal Stadium once. What a dump! That was back when the A's were the unofficial farm club of the Yankees.

I actually follow a number of different teams, some more than others. The Royals are still a part of this group. I still go to a game once in a great while. There's just not much to really talk about except Greinke every 5th day.

Please let me know how this makes me a bandwagoner? Sorry your Royals aren't doing well. I really wish they could get it turned around. The Cards have had their dry periods as well, but I could still tell you their lineup and read about them daily in the paper when I couldn't listen to games. I used to listen to them on radio when an Ark City? station carried them. I was not happy when I found out KGSO was going to carry Cub games (except when they play the Cards).

[BenWSU]

KGSO adding Cubs for 1 year as an experiment??? Probably get more listeners if they air Cardinals.

[ShockerFever]

Nice to see the Rockies/Cardinals thread get more activity than the Royals thread. :good:

[BenWSU]

http://www.kansas.com/2010/02/28/1203031/welcome-to-cubs-country-wichita.html

Article says KGSO reached out to the Cardinals but they didnt want to get into Royals territory.

Plus it doesn`t say how long the affiliation will last. Could get the Rockies next year.

[newshock1234]

what about the Texas Rangers, they are the same distance as the Cardinals, and closer to Wichita than Denver.