Flipping a bat is bush league. But it happens in baseball all the time any more. Are you ok when a football player does a dance?
Want to know what really is bush league?
This:
Or fast forward this video to the 4 min. Mark. He did it again. That is Bushleauge.
Especially your announcers saying that's a good clean baseball play. BS. By the way.. Have you listened to a game broadcast by Mike Shannon? Nothing is EVER the fault of the cardinals. He constantly calls out the umpires whether it is about the strike zone, or about a close play. Instead of saying a member from another team made a good play I have heard him call it lucky time and time again. It's not like I have listened to quite a few also. My step dad is a cardinals fan, I have a lot of friends who are cardinals fans. It wasn't a one time deal.
I don't love the cardinals as an organization, but they are well run for the most part and have been able to sustain success. No one can argue that. What people don't like, and the reason so many people root against the cardinals.. The fans. You all say you don't mind if everyone hates you.. It's because so many are just a bunch of pompous assholes.
Take your mayor for instance...http://online.wsj.com/articles/st-louis-to-america-dont-be-jealous-1412273454
You probably agree with everything he writes. So many cardinals fans act like your the most humble fan base in the world yet all you ever do is brag about cardinal "Nation". Or everyone is just jealous and that's why they don't like us.
The reason so many people don't like the cardinals is they have been forced down the throat of every baseball fan as being this perfect franchise by the MLB and the media. Yes they have the success, but you cannot argue with them getting some calls going their way. Sure it didn't totally change the game but let's look back at this gem.
"Best Fans in Baseball" is what so many call themselves. They talk about not putting down other teams fans, respecting the game, etc. check out this awesome twitter account that keeps track of those so called best fans in baseball. https://twitter.com/BestFansStLouis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xl_uwZCxv9o#t=114
Smalliebigs, I don't know you, I'm sure you're a great guy. This will be my last post in this thread, it was supposed to be about the game. I expressed my opinion and you had to get all bent out of shape about not liking the way Mattingly handled the situation and how it cost the Dodgers the game.