Really good piece Greg. Thank you.

Lose 100 in a year while in the midst of 10 straight losing seasons and then talk us about how many people came to see "terrible" Cardinals teams.

1989: 3.1 m
1990: 2.57 m
1991: 2.44 m

By Cardinals standards, they were terrible. ZING! See what I did there? But seriously, of course they are good, and of course the fact that they are good helps their attendance. But let's look at one particularly shitty year, 1999... they finished 76-86, a full 21.5 games out of first place. Their attendance was…

Believe what you like! It won't affect the Cardinal Way.

Follow the thread from the beginning and then you will understand. I said that Cardinal fan support was not, as the commenter alleged, solely dependent on the Cards being good. The facts support my argument.

Okay, I checked. The Cards finished above .500 five times in the 1970s... Exactly .500 once. Zero division titles. Four times they finished in the bottom half of the division. Serious mediocrity. Yet they exceeded the NL average attendance 8 of 10 years.

I will have to check those 70s numbers... They sound wrong. But you are definitely wrong about that World Series "win," which was a loss to the Twins in 1987. Until 2006 the Cards had won only one Series in my lifetime (1982).

1970s, and late '80s-early '90s.

Bullshit. I remember the lean days, and Cards fans still turned out in astronomical numbers. They ARE the best fans. Yeah, even I will admit it's annoying to hear it all the time. But it's true.

Fix It Again, Telander.

Amen to this. The effed-up priorities of the NFL, the sports media, and professional armchair sports dipshits are breathtaking.

We don't have the technology to burn down Rob Ford. Not even at Area 51.

I'm American and I still love this.

Jane, you ignorant slut.

Bob Forsch as well.

Your buddy's name isn't Greg, is it?

I think that most outlets, Deadspin included, have mainly focused on the psychological torture culture in the Dolphin locker room, of which racial epithets were only one part. Anyway, it's not race-baiting to point out something that actually exists.

While I think the tone of this specific comment by you reflects more consideration than your original post, I still beg to differ with your point. I played I-AA ball and our locker room was absolutely nothing like this situation. Did the players give each other shit sometimes? Sure. Was it an environment rife with…

Thanks for the too-close-to-home humor