Now that the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs have concluded their rivalry for the season, Redbird Rants editor Steve Ungrey offers his take on the revitalized series.
Whew. I’m glad that’s over.
The St. Louis Cardinals play a certain number of games against the Chicago Cubs every year, and for the last few years the rivalry has been about as exciting as watching paint dry.
Then along comes new Cubs owner Tom Ricketts with his intentions to blow up the Cubs as we knew them. Unfortunately that meant making Wrigley Field into something unrecognizable to the true baseball fan.