Don’t cry for St. Louis, sports fans.
The departure of the Rams to Los Angeles, from whence they came two decades ago, is something for the city’s residents to cheer, not bemoan. St. Louis got lucky.
Sure, professional football fans in St. Louis are going to miss the Rams. Though they have been lousy in recent years, they had some great seasons in St. Louis. From 1998 to 2003, Kurt Warner — one of the greatest undrafted players in N.F.L. history — set the city on its ear, winning two M.V.P. titles as the Rams quarterback and leading the team to a Super Bowl victory after the 1999 season.