Don't you DARE imply that I'm a ****ing bandwagoner.

I decided to become a freaking Chiefs fan when I was younger because my dad (who is a Cards fanatic) is a Bears fan and tried raising me to be one.... I noticed that the same kids who I bickered with at school who were Cubs fans, were generally also Bears fans. Therefore I couldn't root for that team because I ****ing hated Cubs fans and still do. I randomly chose the Chiefs and have become die-hard about the Chiefs since. I wouldn't even be on a Chiefs message board today if it weren't for my love for the Cardinals and hatred for the Cubs. Hell, my first toy when I was a newborn was a Fredbird doll. I still have it propped on one of my shelves.

Never thought that I'd neg rep someone without being prompted by being neg repped first, especially to a Cards fan on a good night for the Cards.... This crossed the line. Up yours, dipshit.

So is it just me or is Matt Holliday actually playing some defense in left these days? I mean, like not deferring to Kozma on pop ups that are clearly his and otherwise not filling me entirely with dread on anything hit to left. You know, just mostly filled with dread but not entirely!

Eh, I've thought about the earlier rant a bit. I can see how the big red dude would think I was a bandwagoner...I haven't exactly been a huge contributor in this thread. And when I have contributed, it hasn't been much. I can see it. Another thing to add to my case, my fiancee and I have been together 4.5 years (off and on 10) and she was a huge Cubs fan before we started dating seriously. I told her that if she didn't preferably become a Cardinals fan, but at least ditch the Cubs, then we would for sure, have relationship problems. So she ditched the Cubs and is hardcore Cardinals now. I made her throw away her Cubs apparel....at first she was pissed about it, but now when she looks back, shes glad she did it because she hates the Cubs and has noticed the same idiocy in their fanbase that I have now that it has been pointed out to her and she is able to observe it from the opposing side. She is embarrassed to have rooted for the Cubs, even though it was to a pretty minimal/moderate extent. She likes the Cards more than she's ever liked the Cubs.

Anyways, I usually engage in my Cardinals talk with my friends, fiancee and dad. I don't really have the "Cardinals talk" void that needs to be filled, for there are plenty of knowledgeable fans to converse with about the Cardinals where I am from (Southeast Iowa where Cards fans and Cubs fans are split 50/50). However, my Chiefs-chat void is never filled, for there isn't very many Chiefs fans to converse with over here....mostly Bears, Packers, Vikings, Steelers, Cowboys fans. And to make things worse, the few Chiefs fans there are around my area are total dumbshits. Most don't see a problem with Cassel and stare at me with a blank face when I go on anti-Cassel tirades. They seem to not even know who Pioli is. So yeah....there is definitely a Chiefs-chat void in my life. Problem is, this place to me is like a soap opera to my mother. I get drawn into all this shit and mostly lurk to the point where it takes up way too much of my time.

ANYWAYS....shouldn't have neg-repped you or snapped. I can understand how I can be perceived as a bandwagoner on this thread....I'm just seriously one of the last people in the world that anyone who knows me can imagine being referred to as a bandwagoner....so it threw me off guard to say the least.

Positive rep (repiprocaton).

Mine actually strengthened when TLR left.

On an unrelated note I hope the next time Angel Pagan does that ****ed up half assed bundle of sticksy salute that someone beans him in the head.

That dude made play after play last night. He deserved to show off a bit.

Please beat the tigers in the series. They're the cockiest ****ing team in baseball!! Pitchers kiss the ball, Cabrera does his you can't see me bullshit and valverde and his gay ****i g dancing! I'm a white sox fan so go cards

yeah, i don't think he's actually trying to show the cards up...i mean, he's saluting his own guys in the dugout. no biggie imo.
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There's a lot of us here that grew up Cards fans but are thoroughly bored with baseball.

I only watch during the Playoffs/Series.

I will give Pagan some props. He reminded me of Jimmy E last night in CF.

That would describe me as well.

I would say my primary barrier to accessing Cards games is not having access to the games. I went back to college and was (I recently quit) working 60-70 a week at an underpaid salary job that I had been at for 5 years...ugh, majoring in Psych at a private college was a huge mistake. Anyways, I am trying to build as comfortable of a living environment for my family's future, which is why I went back to college...and is why I am frugal with my money to the point where I am unwilling to buy a cable TV package. It is more difficult to find a live feed for the Cards games, so sometimes I am S.O.L. and have to resort to watching them on ESPN game cast while listening to Mike Shannon. I get to watch the games at my parents' house when they are home....they live just a mile down the road, so that's nice.

Honestly I have become more enamored with baseball as I grew older. Football has become a different sport since I was a kid - can't touch the QB, can't pass defend, etc.

Baseball, with the one exception of the steroid years, is basically the same as it's always been. I kinda like that.

Offer me tickets to a Cards or Chiefs game and I know which one I am taking.

I grew up loving the Bash Brothers and eventually TLR in the process. So when I followed TLR and McGwire from Oakland to STL, I was saddened when they both left.

The Cards are still my favorite, but I love to see the local teams do well too.

rico....He may have just been asking you that, not accusing you of it. May have been asking you if you thought we were picking up some bandwagoners? Heck, you've posted in here quite a bit I believe.

Posted much more last year. I had 1 baby instead of 2 babies last year, so it was easier to haul them over to my parents' house...so I've had to rely on the radio/gamecast much more this year. Since last year I've changed my avatar and have changed my name from "ricoswaff" to just "rico" so he may not recognize me or may not remember me because I haven't added a whole lot of substance to the board....just have kind of come off as a cheerleader and will occasionally add more if I see something I disagree with or can elaborate on, which you guys usually cover things pretty accurately IMO. Regardless though, I was a butthurt little he-bitch last night, but got over it quickly. :)