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Originally Posted by 5cards
Well, the title is one that many media organizations have given the Cards before. Chipper Jones, when Atlanta came to visit, got a standing ovation in his first at-bat from the crowd to the point that he had to make a curtain call. Great defensive plays get applause from the home crowd no matter who makes them - the opponents get as much applause as the Cards! Heck, old players return on other teams and still get rounds of applause for being a former Cardinal. (Contrast that with the reception that Scott Rolen received in Philadelphia the first year he was a Cardinal - they gave him a standing boo!)
I won't nay-say another team's home crowd, but a lot of sportswriters have commented before that the St. Louis crowd is probably one of the politest and best-behaved towards opponents. (Yes, even those Cubs and Reds...)  |
Impossible I say, just impossible.
