(via Captain Carl’s Daily Blarrrg)
When you, the listener, see the list of players from Game Five, you’ll notice 2/3 of them aren’t Cards anymore.
David Eckstein SS
Chris Duncan RF
Preston Wilson LF
Albert Pujols 1B
Jim Edmonds CF
Scott Rolen 3B
Ronnie Belliard 2B
Yadier Molina C
So Taguchi LF-RF
Jeff Weaver P
Scott Spiezio PH
Adam Wainwright P
Loyalty to any one sports team is pretty hard to justify. Because the players
are always changing, the team can move to another city, you’re actually rooting
for the clothes when you get right down to it. You know what I mean, you are
standing and cheering and yelling for your clothes to beat the clothes from
another city. Fans will be so in love with a player but if he goes to another
team, they boo him. This is the same human being in a different shirt, they
*hate* him now. Boo! different shirt!! Boo.
— Jerry Seinfeld
This is one reason why I generally prefer university sports over professional sports. University teams have their own ups and downs, but they all represent the same institution, wear the same colors as when we attended that school.