(Michael Reilly is an assistant sports editor for the Post-Dispatch.)
Remember the old days — way back in the 1990s — when you went to a game and you were surrounded by like-minded fans? When someone rooting for the opponent was kind of a novelty? Chalk up another casualty of the Internet.
St. Louis fans suffered mightily this weekend at the hands of their Chicago counterparts, first as the Blackhawks beat the Blues and then as the Bears routed the Rams. At Scottrade Center and the Edward Jones Dome, it appeared about half the crowd was rooting for the visitors.