Posts Tagged with "Redbirds"

In Honor of Opening Day…

Monday, April 5, 2010

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In Honor of Opening Day…

…I am linking to this article which elucidates the origins of every team’s nickname. A lot of these anecdotes involve sportswriters, a notoriously drunken, irresponsible lot; it’s a wonder we got to 1925 without a league full of swear-words. “In 1903, writer Chubbs Brennan famously called Cincinnati’s team ‘nine steaming turds.’ Surprisingly, the moniker stuck, [...]

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Maybe if we all close our eyes…

Sunday, June 8, 2008

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…this wonderful parody of Google News will become real…Except for the Cubs winning the Series, of course. That’s only okay if they could share it somehow with the Redbirds.

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Okay, still busted….

Sunday, November 19, 2006

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…but I have faith that it will be fixed eventually, so here I am with some random thoughts: 1) I celebrated the Cardinals’ victory in the World Series with a bottle of Veuve-Clicquot. The trick to not becoming a lush is to cultivate sufficiently expensive tastes. 2) I celebrated Halloween at The Aero, a theater [...]

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Yeah, Redbirds!

Friday, October 22, 2004

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Last night, my favorite baseball team, the St. Louis Cardinals, just won the National League pennant. Now, on to the World Series!

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Don’t Mess With the Red Death Team, Plus Evil Twins

Sunday, October 6, 2002

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The Cards won, making Kate’s life a lot easier, and I found this review of “Basket Case,” one of the midnight movies I remember watching when I was 14, and had nothing better to do. Squeezing pimples, eating frozen pizzas, and watching this kind of crap–it got me through the 80s. I would like to [...]

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Redbirds, and roundup

Thursday, October 3, 2002

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Preparing my mind, body, soul, and whatever else I can muster for today’s Cards game. First pitch is around 4pm (EST? CST? Anybody know?). I know you’ll be watching with me to see if Thanatos is more powerful than Curt Schilling. The human race consists of the dangerously insane and those who are not.” – [...]

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Still Shamelessly #9

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

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Any creditors reading this blog will be happy to know that Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody is once again slated to be listed number #9 on the Sunday London Times list. The better news is that it sold 40% more books! Apparently T. Clancy, D. Steele, S. King and all those other fly-by-nights clogging [...]

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