Despite our St Louis ingrained angst of the 'east coast' prejudice towards our Cardinals, the facts are that once you get 'east' of the good ole USA we seem to be incredibly popular.
Tonight for instance, the Cards/DC game was on live here in the U.K. for those of us who subscribe to the North American Sports Network (NASN) and....2 things:
1) We're on the 'over the air' channel tomorrow here and;
2) We're on the Italian and German TV stations tomorrow and;
3) My SKY channel voted for the most popular baseball team in the U.S. which resulted in our team winning by 2 percentage points over the bloody Yankees.
Baseball is the equivalent comparison in European fondness for it ....as soccer is for America (maybe even that's a bit of a stretch) but it's sort of what folks think about it.
As Argent sang....Hold Your Head Up.......HIGH.
These lend/lease folks who never repaid us seem to think the Mound City team is pretty cool.
Tonight for instance, the Cards/DC game was on live here in the U.K. for those of us who subscribe to the North American Sports Network (NASN) and....2 things:
1) We're on the 'over the air' channel tomorrow here and;
2) We're on the Italian and German TV stations tomorrow and;
3) My SKY channel voted for the most popular baseball team in the U.S. which resulted in our team winning by 2 percentage points over the bloody Yankees.
Baseball is the equivalent comparison in European fondness for it ....as soccer is for America (maybe even that's a bit of a stretch) but it's sort of what folks think about it.
As Argent sang....Hold Your Head Up.......HIGH.
These lend/lease folks who never repaid us seem to think the Mound City team is pretty cool.
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