In the heart of Cardinals Country, along an artery called Interstate 55, I turned on my radio.
In my car Friday in Illinois, while I headed home to St. Louis, it felt like John Rooney was a passenger. Soon, I was the passenger, along for the ride.
One of the reasons Cardinal fandom is what it is, that being the benchmark for baseball bedlam in our country, is KMOX Radio. Before television and Twitter, apps and Apple TV, fans became fans because of radio. And since the signal for 1120 AM was so strong, this blowtorch ignited listeners across the Midwest and up and down the Mississippi.