And another shining example of (cl)Ass which is the Saint Louis Cardinals...

You know, there was a reason that friends of mine openly despised the thought of the Cardinals winning the National League last year.

And there was also a reason that I got on (at least then-)Commissioner Kurz' case regarding a fan situation in the Arena Football League.

We just had another idiocy today, according to multiple media reports.

We'll use Deadspin's here.

Bottom of the 3rd, Cincinnati up at bat, leading the Cards 3-2.

Foul ball, and the Cardinals' Matt Adams goes over to the fence to try to get it.

Fan in the front row, brought a glove.

The following ensued:



Whoever this fan is gets full marks.  The ball is over the fence, in his territory, and the fan goes straight up to get it.

He then gets a shove (admittedly a light one) from Adams.

For this, Adams should be banned at least a month, if not the whole season.

Fuck you, Matt Adams.

If the fan clearly interfered, your recourse is with the umpires, but you're such a fucking badass (and probably not completely un-due to the fact that the St. Louis Cardinals use their entitlement to believe they are the only reason the National League exists) that, even though the fan did everything NOT to interfere with the play (remember, jackass, the moment the ball crosses the plane of the fence, it's technically "out of play" and fully within the rights of the fan to get the souvenir), you decide you want to exert your fucking turf, even on the opposing diamond.

What a (cl)Ass act, and, once again, it's St. Louis.

I have a feeling that we are about to see an explosion in these types of incidents, and nothing short of forfeiture of contests is going to stop this shit.