It’s October in St. Louis, and with the Cardinals in the playoffs for the 12th in the last 16 seasons it’s time for some local television journalists to throw away objectivity by putting on the Cardinals’ colors — or even gear — while on the air. It’s also time for some in the team’s fan base to think the Redbirds are being intentionally slighted on the national scene.
First, there were Joe Buck’s comments that ran this week in the Chicago Tribune, in which Fox’s lead baseball and football broadcaster said calling Cubs World Series games “would be the highlight of my career.