Introduction
« Welcome to the Birdwatch | Main | The Mark Mulder Trade; Trading Tomorrow for a Better Today »I grew up in St. Louis and played high school baseball with St. Louis play-by-play announcers, Chris Kerber and Joe Buck (Kerbs was a pitcher-outfielder and Joe was catcher).
I should note that my fellow alumni status with the Cardinals ownership group has not resulted in one free seat over the past 14 years. Now that the “where’d you go to high school” question is out of the way, I should mention my earliest Cardinal memory is attending Lou Brock’s final game in 1979 (my fondest memory, however, is probably Glenn Brummer stealing home 1982).
My turn-ons include useless statistics (did you know that the visiting team is much more likely to make a World Series appearance when the President throws out the first pitch of the season) and role players (Jose Oquendo, Mike Laga), and my turn-offs include bandwagon fans (if you’ve been totally into the Red Sox since July, I’m looking at you) and over-priced players (paging Kevin Brown, Mr. Brown to the white courtesy phone).
Recommended reading includes The New Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract and The Spirit of St Louis: A History of St. Louis Cardinals and Browns by Peter Golenbock.
I live in Chicago with my wife Katrina, who holds an almost unhealthy revulsion of all things Sosa, and I also am a contributing editor for local online events weekly, Flavorpill.
Posted by Sean at January 1, 2005 12:10 AMWoo first comment!
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Posted by: Sean at December 31, 2004 11:20 PMI'm sorry to start off with a technical problem, but whenever i click on the read more of the story link, the left-hand column with the blog names and authors, etc., comes over into the middle of the screen and blocks out half the colulmn. has anyone else complained of this or have you ever heard of this? do you know if the problem is this my computer or your site? i'm excited you guys are doing this; i enjoyed many of your comments on redbird nation. but i can't read the entries, which is frustrating. can you help?
Posted by: Angela at January 3, 2005 10:04 PMAttention die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fans: We are searching for the ultimate fan to star in our film documentary about baseball.
We want to hear all about your passion for baseball. Tell us your anecdotes and stories about your love and enthusiasm for your favorite team. We want to know why and how much you love your team. We want to know what makes you different from all the other die-hard fans.
We’re not looking for the crazy, in-your-face type fans who paint their faces team colors. We are looking for the dedicated fan with wonderful and inspirational stories – the kind of stories that are worth passing on from generation to generation.
E-mail us with your story by Tuesday, January 18th. Everyone is welcome: men, women, teens, children (7 years and older only.) The people with the best stories will be invited to come to our casting audition on Sunday, January 23rd.
Our e-mail address is: jillian@spots.net
Important: Please include your full name and phone numbers in your e-mail so we can contact you as soon as possible.
The ultimate baseball fan selected will be flown to Miami Beach in February to film the documentary, for about 1-3 days. You will be paid $535 per day, and we will cover all roundtrip airfare and hotel expenses.
Posted by: Katie at January 5, 2005 05:40 PM