Baseball

Is there anything more American than our "national pastime"? It is Spring and of course our thoughts naturally turn to Spring training camps and the upcoming baseball season. The St. Louis Cardinals are the defending world champions an honor they will hold until sometime in October. It will be mentioned as often as possible this year so be prepared. When you talk about red states and blue states a Cardinal fan does not think of Republicans and Democrats. It is Cardinal red and Chicago Cub blue. There are some constants in life. If you love the Bears you hate the Packers. If you love the Cardinals you hate the Cubs. You are not required to hate their fans, they are rather to be pitied. When you are feeling sadistic you say things like Cubs- one World Series title 1908. By the way the Cardinals won their 11th World Series title in 2011. It must be tough to go 112 years without a trophy. The reason for this blog is not to make fun of the Cubs but to recognize the team Cardinal fans hate almost as much as the Cubs. Yes, the dreaded New York Mets. In 1964 my grandparents went to New York City to attend the World's Fair. They weren't baseball fans and the picture below was most likely just a shot of a New York City landmark. The Polo Grounds at the time were the baseball home of the then hapless New York Mets. So Mike enjoy this old photo from the Sutor family archives. While it has been a few years since the Mets have been to the "promised land" at least it is something you were able to witness and not have to read about in an ancient baseball history book. Making rude comments about the Cubs just never gets old.