Your weekly quick-witted two minutes of WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP fun brought to you by semosportsweb.com with your host: me, Scott Rolen's biggest fan.
*I always wondered why they call an American sports championship a WORLD championship. Did the Cardinals beat every team in every professional league in the world??? No, but they would have if given the chance - so therefore, they're are WORLD champions in my book.
*Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Zambrano, Bobby Cox, Lance Berkman, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Gary Sheffield, all the other Yankees, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Kenny Rogers, Bud Selig, Fox executives, Dusty Baker, Mark Prior and Kerry Wood, and to all those other annoying baseball stars that I failed to mention: THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
*After the Cardinals won the championship, I began to wonder about the Cubs. And this is what I decided: The Chicago Cubs would probably be the only team in baseball history, maybe sports history, who's yearly attendance would lower drastically a year after winning the World Series. I'm convinced that Cubs fans are only Cubs fans because the Cubs lose. The minute they win, there won't be near as many Cubbie Fans.
*And speaking of the Cubs, I've compiled a step-by-step program that will lead to a World Series Championship.
Step 1 - Hire a manager who believes in curses. Obviously the hiring of a manager who says, "of course I don't believe in curses" isn't working. There is obviously a curse, and the first step to fixing the problem is admitting that there is a problem.
Step 2 - Give up on Mark Prior and Kerry Wood and trade them now while they still have minor league value. They're not going to work for you in Chicago, in case that isn't obvious by now.
Step 3 - Sign Kenny Lofton in the off season.
Step 4 - Fire Sweet Lou and hire Joe Girardi. What were you thinking in the first place? It's obvious that Girardi is the better choice, he led a team of minor league players in Florida last year to a near playoff birth -almost similar to the same team that you have in Chicago. Sweet Lou is a big name, just like Dusty Baker was, who isn't going to win, just like Dusty Baker didn't win. This decision was nearly as bad as not letting the goat in the stadium. Girardi was the best option by far, and you screwed up.
Step 4 - Sign Alex Rodriguez. Please. Then you can stop blaming your post-season failures on the goat and on Steve Bartman, and start blaming them on someone in your organization - which was, and still is, the problem all along.
And finally, Step 5 - Pray.
*Now that baseball season is over, we will shift our focus to the Blues and the Rams, all the while following the Cardinal's offseason behavior. I hope you're ready.
*I need witnesses for two things: First and foremost, if you have any other ideas to help the pathetic Cubs, please post them. Secondly, I'll take opinions, suggestions, or questions regarding the Cardinals offseason. Post or email at dunterreiner@semosportsweb.com
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Excellent David. There is a myth that the World Series got its name from the New York World newspaper, which was very popular in the late 1800's. But, the NY World claimed no affiliation with major league baseball. in 1887, Spalding Baseball Guide called the series between Chicago and St. louis in 1886, the "The World's Championship", because they needed a title to make it sound more coveted. Spalding thought the game would spread world wide and would be intercontinental leagues, in the future. The name stuck and went from "World's Championship Series", to "World's Series", then finally to "World Series".
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