On Wednesday, they brought out the trophy St. Louis had earned. The 2011 Commissioner’s Trophy was rolled into the Cardinals clubhouse, not as some motivational ploy, but to meet, for the first time, the Stanley Cup. The cool cousin. The envy of victors’ spoils.
It was a rare moment in our city’s history, the meeting of two St. Louis icons, a summit similar to the first time Nelly met Chuck Berry, or a piece of Provel-laden pizza was first washed down by a Budweiser. On Wednesday afternoon, in the Cardinals’ clubhouse, there sat the 2011 Commissioner’s Trophy and the Stanley Cup, side-by-side.