Texas Rangers fans give Shrub large ovation! Go Cardinals?

[AndrewP]

I was fairly neutral in who to cheer for in the World Series, but seeing Shrub throw out the first pitch and get a rousing ovation in Arlington swung me over to St. Louis! LOL. Yuck.

Anyone else here witness that horror?

[Odin2005]

1. The RANGERS are in the WS? LMAO!!!

Did Hell freeze over??? :wow: :rofl: :wtf:

[Cid_B]

3. Two years in a row...

Not that last night was anything amazing... ugh...

[tammywammy]

12. For the second year in a row

You're obviously not paying attention.

[Odin2005]

13. I'm not much of a sports person, except for football and the Olympics.

[snooper2]

33. The month is still October by the way as well

:rofl:

[marmar]

2. Except that the Cardinals' manager is a right-wing whackjob.

nt

[Retrograde]

18. La Russa?

I know he's been active in pro-animal charities in the SF Bay Area in the past, but other than that I don't know his politics.

[pintobean]

19. Attended Beck rally

:shrug:

http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/article_75ec5a21-1978-5ba0-a71b-d99c6109ad8e.html

[KamaAina]

39. As is their All-Star first baseman.

Both went to that kooky Glenn Beckkk rally last year. :puke:

[mnhtnbb]

4. Refused to watch--told hubby that no doubt there'd be lots of Bushie shots.

[Bragi]

5. Go Cards. Bushites suck. /nt

[jpak]

6. I bet the Moran Guy was there cheering Boosh and cramming down KFC Famous Bowls

:D

[FLAprogressive]

27. The Moran guy is a Cardinals fan....

[Motown_Johnny]

7. I saw them announce him and I switched channels

[cherokeeprogressive]

8. I refuse to let politics get in the way of my enjoyment of the Greatest Game on Earth. n/t

[AndrewP]

10. But what does this have to do with hockey?

;) I did. Baseball is my favorite as well.

[petronius]

26. LOL! I was mousing over to 'Reply' to make a hockey crack, and glimpsed

your subject line at the last minute... :toast:

[Blue_Tires]

41. +1

I hate both teams and REALLY wanted to skip this series, but it sucked me in and has been sneaky good so far...

[ChandlerJr]

9. Nope, too busy watching Tim Tebow

beat the Fish and Praise Jesus.

[pintobean]

11. The Rangers are a very likable team.

I just want the series to go 7 games. St. Louis could use the revenue and I like baseball.

[Greybnk48]

14. Won't watch anything where I may see the giggling murderer

*. I'm watching Earth on Animal Planet and do not plan to watch a minute of the World Series this year (boycotting because of Dimwit and Pickles).

[deaniac21]

47. There are a whole lot of murderin' animals and the hyenas laugh

about it.

[w8liftinglady]

15. Don't shoot me- I'm a Rangers fan!

I think the cheers started way before bush threw crap!There's some very fine drinking establishments within walking distance of the Ballclub.

[benld74]

16. What more can I say???,,,

[JackintheGreen]

17. Go Cardinals? Never!

From one of my favorite baseball blogs, sullybaseball, 10 reasons why we should root for the Rangers:

9. A Rangers World Championship would George W. Bush happy and occupied

I am not going to get political here. All I am going to say are two things that I don't think anyone can deny.

1. George W. Bush would probably be happier if he were the Commissioner of Baseball rather than the former President of the United States.

2. He seems very happy being out of the political fray.

There might be pressure for him to be more vocal in the scrum that will be the 2012 election. For his sake and ours, I hope he is just going to sit back and savor another summer watching the Rangers defend their title.

http://sullybaseball.blogspot.com/

[kwassa]

20. Bush was a co-owner of the Texas Rangers, prior to becoming Governor.

[WCGreen]

30. Exactly, and while he was there, the franchise faltered....

He held up Arlington for ransom insinuated that the team would move to greener pastures and that they had better pay up and build them a new ball park and pay for the whole thing so that right before he left, he made 20 million on a $ 250,000 investment with money that wasn't his...

They put him in their to get "business owner" on his resume so he could run for President...

Fuck the Rangers.

[tuckessee]

21. I didn't hear the St. Louis fans in attendance boo him.

In fact, they were just as thrilled to cheer him as were the Rangers fans.

[coalition_unwilling]

25. I have relatives who live in Olivette (upscale suburb of StL) and

tbey are about as right-wing racist as they come. Every time someone makes what they consider a poor driving decision, it's "fucking N****r this" and "Stupid N*****r that". I have nothing further to do with any of them.

N.B. Missouri was a slave state and hotly contested in the opening months of the Civil War. But it's also where Union General John Fremont got a two-year jump on A. Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation when Fremont issued his own declaration that declared escaped slaves 'contraband of war' and thus not subject to return to their owners. Lincoln had to reign in Fremont big time to keep the border states neutral. But Fremont has always had a gold star in my book for his impetuous (but correct) action.

[ellisonz]

22. Go Dodgers!

;-)

[TuxedoKat]

23. One of the best parts

of last nights' game, after Pujol's historic homeruns was seeing the sour look on Bush's face after the Cardinals went ahead 4-0.

[KharmaTrain]

32. When Georgie Bush Cries...

...an angel gets his wings!!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/It's_A_Wonderful_Life.jpg/244px-It's_A_Wonderful_Life.jpg

[cory817]

36. Rangers won last night 4-0

The Rangers won last night, 4-0. Maybe you are confusing it with Saturday night when the Cards won.

I think any former president would get big applause, and maybe people ignore the specific politics. I don't know.

[TuxedoKat]

38. Oops

Yes, you're right, I meant the night before. Welcome to DU.

[musette_sf]

24. Nolan Ryan has disgraced himself IMO

Can't believe he gives that criminal the time of day. Used to be an admirer of Nolie.

[Are_grits_groceries]

28. Why do you think St. Louis would

be a lot different? He might not get as huge an ovation, but I'll bet he would still be applauded.

[TuxedoKat]

31. Well

St. Louis fans are pretty well-behaved for the most part too.

[JCMach1]

29. The Cards manager is a radical Teabagger...

so maybe just turn the TV off and read a book...

Unless you are more interested in baseball in this case...

[Ishoutandscream2]

34. Oh, fer fuck's sake!

[WolverineDG]

40. It must be "Any Excuse to Bash Texas" Day

again.

dg

[kentauros]

43. In other words, Every Damn Day on DU!

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

45. Yeah, but THIS is *REALLY* stretching it

:hi:

dg

[redqueen]

44. +1

[Concordia]

35. Being from the St. Louis area...

Of course I'm rooting for the Cards. That they're currently stomping the Rangers - of all teams - is just that much sweeter.

[MagickMuffin]

37. Hate to burst your bubble but the Series is tied 2 - 2

And the Cards got Shut Out last night 4 to zipola :evilgrin:

[ceile]

42. Don't care.

That's par for the course at baseball games. Go Rangers!!!!

[Initech]

46. I knew this was gonna happen with Texas in the WS. Blech!!!!!

:puke:

[deaniac21]

48. The phrase, "Get a life" comes to mind here. If you can't enjoy

a game in sports or a movie because you analyze every player or characters political resume, you are only ruining the world for yourself.

[WildEyedLiberal]

49. +1 - I'm rooting for the Cards because I'm a Cards fan

I have nothing per se against the Rangers. I am just glad it's been an exciting series, and I'm thrilled my team made it to the Fall Classic!