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Here she is,folks. Contact me on Twitter @MattSebek to find out how to get a printed 11″ x 17″ version. —–

Yes, it’s finally time. On Sunday, U2′s 360 Tour comes to Busch Stadium as part of the highest-grossing concert tour in history.  Construction of U2′s signature stage infrastructure is well underway and over 50,000 are expected to attend the largest concert conducted at Busch Stadium in its five-year history. It’s also the first time U2 [...]

For the past three years, a common recurring theme has seemed to emerge with the Cardinals every summer.  Besides crippling heat that is. Regardless of how he starts out of the gate in the spring, it seems inevitable that Colby Rasmus will eventually fall into a slump, his overbearing father will become involved (even if [...]

We’ve observed the “duct tape jersey” trend before.  See here.  And here. Covering up one player’s name and replacing it with a duct tape nameplate is typically performed when a new player comes to town and steals another player’s number.  We like this move.  In so many words, it says, “Look, new guy, I like [...]

Monday — July 11 Leon Spinks (1953) We haven’t gotten confirmation from our fact checking team yet, but we’re going out on a limb and saying that St. Louis-born Leon Spinks was the only professional athlete named Leon that had said name appear as the only word on a cover of Sports Illustrated.  I guess [...]

If a local bookie would have set odds on the NL Central standings through 86 games, anyone bold enough to lay money on the Pittsburgh Pirates sitting just 1.5 games off the pace would have a nice payday coming. Even with a loss last night, the Pirates remain right in thick of the race, own [...]

Sure, most teammates considered it an odd gesture…but Yadier Molina’s “welcome back” gift for Albert Pujols was a touching moment in the clubhouse on Wednesday afternoon. Good friends come and go…but best friends are forever. So is puffy paint. —–

When the Cardinals visited Tampa this past weekend as a part of their interleague schedule, the Rays hosted a rather interesting giveaway for fans 14-and-under. DJ Kitty. (Picture from @MatthewHLeach) The story of DJ Kitty goes back to 2010 when video of a feline wearing a Rays jersey went viral.  Extremely strange, but enviable, because [...]

Every so often we playfully point out the bizarre behavior of some select St. Louis Cardinals fans.  Someone starting the wave in the 9th inning of a tie game, adults wearing gloves 600 feet away from home plate, men taking off their shirts so everyone can see their Busch Stadium tattoo, and so on. But [...]

Nothing adds to the credibility of the market’s major newspaper than dropping articles from a giant content farm just below the fold of their website. Such is the case at STLToday.com’s sports section these days as they’ve bitten the bullet and struck an agreement with the bloated mess known as Bleacher Report. Here’s a quick [...]