Cardinals

Those of you who know me know that I am a huge baseball fan - especially the Saint Louis Cardinals. Matt and I recently discovered that we can order MLB Extra Innings through our cable. Earlier this spring we thought we were going to be able to order this package which would allow us to watch almost every MLB game this entire season, but then we found out that DirectTV got an exclusive so if you wanted MLB Extra Innings, we would have to get Direct TV - which we were not going to change to after just getting our cable, phone and wireless internet set up through Time Warner (not that I am 100% thrilled with that company, but that is a story for another day....) so we were just going to deal with not getting every Cardinals game this season :( Then about a week ago, we found out that TWC and some other cable companies fought the exclusive with Direct TV and now we can get it - so it is decision time because of course, it isn't cheap. However, Matt and I really enjoy watching Cardinals games together and sometimes I feel like Matt gave up alot to move to Nebraska with me and unfortunately we cannot get FSN Midwest here (at least not the version of FSN Midwest that carries Cards games) so if we can splurge a little bit and pay for MLB Extra Innings I feel that it is worth it. However, my previous post discussed saving money and here I am one day later talking about spending more. Decisions....decisions....

Today is also Jackie Robinson Day in MLB - the 60th Anniversary of the day Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier and began his major league career. Both the Cardinals and the Brewers are all wearing the number 42 on their uniforms today in commemoration of the event. I find it really ironic that the same week that Don Imus is fired for making racist and sexist remarks on national radio and television - we are also recognizing the achievement of a young African-American baseball player who truly changed national sports in America.

How far have we really come in the last 60 years??