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Why the Adam Wainwright Pun Will Not Go Away
In the sports world, if an athlete’s name is to be permanently associated with a cheesy pun, it needs constant media stroking to mature. Toss out the snappy phrase every time it’s even moderately appropriate and watch the minions start lining up to be part of the “in crowd”. How do you think Chris Berman [...]
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Discuss
It appears Albert Pujols is okay with the “El Hombre” nickname now.
Last week, the latest cover of ESPN The Magazine surfaced, featuring Albert Pujols in an Angels hat. A few days later, ESPN released behind-the-scenes video of the magazine photo shoot. As we get closer and closer to the 2012 MLB season, these marketing and publication assets will quickly make the non-Cardinals Albert Pujols a harsher [...]
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A Restaurant by Any Other Name Is Just as Generic
Albert Pujols wants his name back, damn it. Undoubtedly so he can slap it on some godforsaken Bennigan’s in Orange County. This was the focus of many a national media headline this week, as the Pujols 5 Westport Grill – is no more. Please, control your sobbing. Another all-time great Cardinal superstar will come along. [...]
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HOW ROMANTIC
Rams mascot delivers Valentine's Day flowers
For weeks now, the Cardinals have been pushing the ability to bid on the delivery of Valentine’s Day flowers from Fredbird. You know, because nothing says true love like hand-delivered roses from another man dressed in a pantless, over-sized bird costume. Nevertheless, the Cardinals established five auctions to bid on these special delivery services throughout [...]
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This Week in Homosexual Mascot Marriages: Fredbird and the Rally Squirrel?
The whole Rally Squirrel phenomenon got a little (ahem) nuts during the Cardinals run to the 2011 World Series. We can pretty much all agree about that, right? Yet somehow, it got a little more out of hand when the Cardinals posted the following photo on their Facebook page as part of a promotion for [...]
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Thoughts From A Message Board: TJ Moe Edition
Mizzou wide receiver TJ Moe isn’t exactly an interview subject who is prone to tossing out assembly line quotes. He has a tendency to be outspoken, whether it be via his Twitter feed or an ESPN Q&A session on Mizzou’s move to the SEC like the one posted earlier this week. And when a guy like Moe [...]
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KU Media Types are not Afraid to Brawl in the Press Box
When the words “journalist” and “fan” cross paths in reference to the same person, sometimes things get ugly. A journalist is supposed to be a neutral reporter of news, not a homer. Homers report news in a manner that is consistently skewed in one direction. They often refuse to criticize when it’s warranted. And sometimes, [...]
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Source: St. Louis Cardinals are NOT likely to land Lee Harvey Oswald
Yeah, it’s probably for the best that the Cardinals stray away from Lee Harvey. St. Louis has a strong contingent of Irish-Catholics that may not particularly enjoy that acquisition. (HT: @Kyle12888)
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Dorial Green-Beckham keeps a roll of quarters in his workout shorts? That’s really bizarre.
Dorial Green-Beckham sent shock-waves through the state of Missouri and beyond when he announced that he’ll play football for the Mizzou Tigers next season. The 6-foot-6, 220 pound wide receiver is ranked as the No. 1 overall college prospect in America and runs the 40-yard dash in 4.43-seconds. So even at the age of 18, [...]
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Tony La Russa and Ray Vinson reunite in Super Bowl Commercial
Let’s face it, we’ve become a culture obsessed with Super Bowl commercials as opposed to the actual action on the field. Every year, we expect to see visual brilliance delivered by marketing geniuses from worldwide beverage and automobile brands. Oh, and definitely under-produced commercials from local real estate moguls. Wait, what? Yessir, Tony La Russa [...]
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Infamous Mizzou Rappers Live on College Gameday?
Who could have predicted that a auto-tunified rap song created as a demonstration of school pride by a trio of non-rapping students could result in people at the very same school hiding in shame? Actually now that we think about it, yes, that was quite predictable. If you haven’t been one of the 300,000 to [...]
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Memo to Rams from Wes Welker: Win games and you can openly mock your fans
As any respectable St. Louis Rams fan knows, Bill Belichick, Tom Brady, and the rest of New England Patriots are pure evil. Belichick is a cheater. Brady was obviously conceived in a petri dish in some weird Gattaca-like experiment. Adam Vinatieri had a robotic leg engineered at MIT. We get it. Now on the verge [...]
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Remembering: When Charlie Spoonhour Rescued the Bronze Billiken
When word was released that former SLU coach Charlie Spoonhour had passed away this week, the response from former players, fans, media and fellow coaches was universal. Spoon was considered by everyone as a genuinely likeable guy in an industry that often produces the polar opposite. What Spoonhour did for the Billikens basketball program – [...]
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Hacked by F4T4L 3RR0R (DONT WORRY, YOU’RE SAFE, I DIDN’T DO ANY HARM!)
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May 26, 2011
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May 26, 2011
A closer look at the infamous “BUTJOLES” jersey
Earlier this week, we introduced you to an “interesting” Albert Pujols jersey worn by a Royals Cardinals fan hooligan at Kauffman Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
When we posted the link, more pictures of this creation started pouring in. Picture below is the best view that was sent to us.
Some observations…
1.) Given the jersey, this gentlemen doesn’t have...
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May 25, 2011
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May 25, 2011
Another Can’t-Miss Personalized Albert Pujols Jersey…
Because the future of Albert Pujols in St. Louis is in flux (and because other cities thoroughly enjoy mocking our love affair with #5), a trend is picking up across Major League Baseball: non-Cardinals PUJOLS jerseys.
With the Cardinals in Kansas City for the weekend, we requested our fan hunters to prune through the madness at Kauffman Stadium and find us a #5 PUJOLS Royals...
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May 23, 2011
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May 23, 2011
Elderly Tigers Fan Waits for Belated Birthday Present
All Mary Johnson wanted to do for her 104th birthday was see her beloved Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park for the very first time.
But Mother Nature decided to play a cruel joke–much like the one God plays when he keeps a human being alive for 104 years–and last Sunday’s the game against the Kansas City Royals was rained out.
So Mary Johnson’s first game at Comerica will have...
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May 23, 2011
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May 23, 2011
VIDEO: “We are Cardinals Nation” (Special Edition)
For the past couple of seasons, the Cardinals have released a bulk of short videos for web and television that attempt to capture the underlying personalities of the ball club. The videos have been consistently creative, well-produced and self-deprecating; all fantastic attributes in our book.
This year’s particular video theme is, “We Are Cardinal Nation“.
While the videos...
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May 20, 2011
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May 20, 2011
Parking Lot Attendant Triggers Amendment to Jersey Rules
Over the years, JoeSportsFan has proactively established the unofficial Jersey Wearing Rules for sporting events and also took the initiative to nominate ourselves as judge and jury determining if a spectator has in fact violated said rules (at least in our own minds). But that doesn’t mean that a case won’t occasionally come up that isn’t exactly open and shut.
When inside...
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May 18, 2011
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May 18, 2011
Kegasus Triggers Memories of the Other Legendary Centaur
When it comes to promoting a fringe sport like horse racing to young meatheads, nothing works quite like unveiling a drunken centaur as a mascot. We’d like to think that’s just common knowledge.
So far, the strategy has worked to funnel ample publicity to this year’s Preakness “InfieldFEST” which introduced a manimal known as Kegasus to serve in the prestigious role...
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May 17, 2011
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May 17, 2011
Tag Team Back Again…at the United Center
You’re the DJ at the United Center in Chicago on May 15, 2011. The team who calls your building home just snatched Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a statement win over the NBA’s version of Voltron. The Bulls superstar and league MVP had a monster game, Taj Gibson came in off the bench to throw down two vicious statement dunks, the defense was suffocating, the...
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May 16, 2011
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May 16, 2011
NFLPA’s Atallah Talks About Labor Battle, Sexy QBs
Several months ago I wrote about a behind-the-scenes communications battle quietly being led by a relatively anonymous sports communicators named George Atallah, without even mentioning him by name.
Atallah is director of communications for the NFL Players Association, and at the time, I panned NFLPA’s strategy, feeling that the league had more effectively harnessed the message...
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May 16, 2011
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May 16, 2011
Yet Another Non-Cardinals PUJOLS Jersey
http://www.joesportsfan.com/?p=8260
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May 14, 2011
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May 14, 2011
Memo to Cubs Fans: Don’t Block the Plate
The state of Illinois hopes to be selling vanity and personalized license plates featuring the St. Louis Cardinals team logo and colors in the very near future.
If Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has his way, the Cardinals will join Chicago’s Blackhawks, Cubs, Bears, Bulls, and White Sox as part of program to sell plates in order to raise money for education.
As could be...
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May 13, 2011
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May 13, 2011
Enough Pujols-to-the-Cubs; Chris Carpenter already plays for them.
This morning, St. Louis was greeted to an “interesting” front page of the Post-Dispatch featuring Albert Pujols wearing a Cubs uniform. Since you, like most of the Metro area, don’t get a daily newspaper, you can see a photo of it here (via Derrick Goold).
This attention-grabbing comes on the heels of an Albert Pujols hug with Cubs GM Jim Hendry on Monday night. With Tony...
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May 12, 2011
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May 12, 2011
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