While ESPN actively decided against showing the hooligans that ran onto the field at Busch Stadium, a few of the 43,960 in attendance captured the action first-hand on their cell phones. Below is a compilation of some of the best footage (video and photos) that was sent to the JoeSportsFan Inbox. Love you, fan hunters. [...]
Read moreCan we stop for a minute and collectively admit that not showing the field rushers on network television is not preventing future acts of malfeasance? Field rushers don’t care about television face-time. They care about alluding the overweight field security staff…and those guys aren’t going away any time soon. Besides, the presence of camera phones [...]
Read moreWith the football season back on track and training camp having started up in Earth City, the St. Louis Rams have wasted no time getting into mid-season form. Things are clicking, the results are already noticeable to the average fan and it’s looking like it will be a stellar season. And just to clarify, we’re [...]
Read moreTailgate Talk: You can void one trade in STL Sports History, what do you choose?
2011
After over 24 hours of mayhem from fans, national and local media, it’s safe to say that the Colby Rasmus trade has ruffled some feathers. Dumping a young centerfielder who has loads of potential for a quick fix is the baseball equivalent of seeing your gas light flip on and saying “screw it, we’re taking [...]
Read moreSt. Louis is full of Colby Rasmus jerseys. We’re not exactly sure why; considering most fans held as much frustration over his lack of enthusiasm as the Cardinals front office. When it was announced that new reliever Octavio Dotel would fill the #28 vacancy on the Cardinals roster, we postulated that Rasmus jerseys could potentially [...]
Read moreIf there’s one thing that you can count on in the sports world, it’s that when big news breaks in our neck of the woods, JoeSportsFan will have sources on the ground mining exclusive information and documents. We may be typically be exploring the underbelly of sports, but when it’s time to get journalistic and [...]
Read moreThere’s no Obama in Canada; Rasmus tickled.
2011
We get sent many photos; some of them weirder than the next, but all of them weird. Hey, we have our place. With Colby Rasmus on his way out of St. Louis, it’s time to post one of the more intriguing photos that has hit our Inbox over the past few years. The photo was [...]
Read moreIf you haven’t noticed that giant shadowy figure looming over players and GMs throughout Major League Baseball, it is the notorious beast known as “The Trade Deadline”. The end of July annually cues up league-wide drama for both the competitive teams and the scrubs. Add the media blaring every whisper they hear over the loud [...]
Read moreLast night, our favorite superhero-loving sports columnist Derrick Goold posted a photo of the new Matt Holliday bobblehead doll that will be given away as a promotional item on August 28th against the Pirates. We suppose it isn’t the worst bobblehead that we’ve seen. Although, they’re all pretty terrible representations, so it’s kind of a [...]
Read moreThere’s a notable omission in the Busch Stadium grass…
2011
Tonight’s Cardinals game against the Houston Astros marks the first home game at Busch Stadium since the field was deconstructed for the U2 concert on July 17th. With the stage and approximately 8,000 concert-goers on the field for U2′s performance, the Busch Stadium grounds crew ripped up the existing grass and replaced it with spanking-new [...]
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