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re: Where does the Cardinal/Cub rivalry rank amongst others in the majors?
Posted on 4/5/15 at 5:08 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 4/5/15 at 5:08 pm to WestCoastAg
The Dodgers/Giants to me is easily number 1. I mean that rivalry moved with the teams. Yanks/Red Sox would be 2. The thing that hurts the Cards/Cubs rivalry has been the lack of meaningful games. The few times the Cubs haven't sucked in the last half century or so have been years the Cards weren't good(84,89,98,03,etc.). You could argue the Cards/Reds has been much more heated the last five years than the Cards/Cubs ever has. Proximity is the only reason it is a rivalry.
This post was edited on 4/5/15 at 5:10 pm
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Posted on 4/5/15 at 6:26 pm to msudawg1200
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Cards/Reds has been much more heated the last five years than the Cards/Cubs ever has
not really
Reds got sick of the Cardinals beating them heads up and they tried to change things up with some intimidation. There have obviously been brawls between the Cardinals and Cubs at times as well.
If the criteria you use for a rivalry are the SVP style "must be looking at near an equal" and "they can hurt you just as much as you can hurt them" then not only does the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry get downgraded then so does the Yanks/Red Sox.
FWIW the Cardinals/Cubs rivalry has some interest to it off the field as well. Some people remember that Harry Carry and Jack Buck were once broadcasting partners, but fewer remember (if they ever knew) that HC supposedly left for the Cubs when he was fooling around with old man Busch's SO. "Holy cow"
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