I applaud your allegiance to your team....I really do - but also will point out you should consider cleaning your foggy glasses. Here is why;

You are correct about a growing fan base in "HomeofToto" City in the last three years....hence "new money". I don't think the same following was seen in 84-85 but after a number of bad seasons following that the following sure tapered off. Time will tell what happens in the next couple years but to be honest it really doesn't make two forks to me what happens....I grew up watching games with mr grandmother who was a true fan which drew me into being a fan....starting in like 74 or 75.

With that being said, the difference in the Royals and the Cardinals is this. The Cardinals organization is 100 whatever years old.....the Royals were established in the late 60's.

Since the Royals were established they have won 2 World Series- 85 and 2015. Yes, 30 years between the two. They also came close another time but finishing second is really just being the first loser.

In the same time period, the Cardinals have won 3 World Series.....a whopping one more. There was also a 24 or 25 year gap between two of them if I am not mistaken.

So.....apples to apples the Cards have one more WS series championship than the Royals do....what a forkin Dynasty, huh?

And then we have the infamous 85 WS.....how many times have we heard about Dekinger and "the call" that cost the Cards from having 4 WS and the Royals only 1 in the same time period since the Royals were established.....well, the call sure was botched...but IF the Cards would not have made 3 errors in the same inning that call happened which also led to them losing that game.....and then not lost game 7 the next day 11-0 things would be different. But it happened the way it happened.

In the end, I will still be supporting the Royals whether they are playing at the top of the standings or the bottom of the standings.....just the same as you will be supporting the Cards just the same I am sure.

I think you can agree on this....the face of baseball has and will continue to change in comparison to "old school" baseball. The game is still played between the foul lines but big business mentality and player salaries and agents is quickly turning a checker game into a chess match.

Happy Sunday!