JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri is the official home of two excellent major league baseball teams with two dedicated and enthusiastic fan bases, but a state legislator wants to make one team a little more "official" than the other.
A bill filed in the Missouri State House last week would make the St. Louis Cardinals the official baseball team of Missouri.
The bill, filed by Representative Courtney Allen Curtis, states simply:
"The St. Louis Cardinals, which can trace its history in Missouri back to to 1882, are selected for and shall be known as the official baseball team of the state of Missouri."
Royals fans, who celebrated a World Series win just four months ago, are not happy about the proposal.
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{"url":"https://twitter.com/perry3m/status/712841259933573120","author_name":"perry miles","author_url":"https://twitter.com/perry3m","html":"&#lt;blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"&#gt;&#lt;p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"&#gt;&#lt;a href=\"https://twitter.com/CourtneyGCurtis\"&#gt;@CourtneyGCurtis&#lt;/a&#gt; drop your bill to have the Cardinals as "Missouri's Official Team" we have 2 official baseball teams. To name one is stupid&#lt;/p&#gt;— perry miles (@perry3m) &#lt;a href=\"https://twitter.com/perry3m/status/712841259933573120\"&#gt;March 24, 2016&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;\n&#lt;script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;","width":550,"type":"rich","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_name":"Twitter","provider_url":"https://twitter.com","height":null,"version":"1.0"}
{"url":"https://twitter.com/James_Richards3/status/712839842212610048","author_name":"James Richards","author_url":"https://twitter.com/James_Richards3","html":"&#lt;blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"&#gt;&#lt;p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"&#gt;Cardinals fans wanting them to be "official team of Missouri"?!?!? Sounds like they are mad that the royals have been better last 2 years&#lt;/p&#gt;— James Richards (@James_Richards3) &#lt;a href=\"https://twitter.com/James_Richards3/status/712839842212610048\"&#gt;March 24, 2016&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;\n&#lt;script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;","width":550,"type":"rich","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_name":"Twitter","provider_url":"https://twitter.com","height":null,"version":"1.0"}
{"url":"https://twitter.com/MicahRules89/status/712799316675461121","author_name":"Micah Peterson-Brand","author_url":"https://twitter.com/MicahRules89","html":"&#lt;blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"&#gt;&#lt;p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"&#gt;My biggest problem with this isnt that Im a Royals fan. It's what a colossal waste of time this is for a government&#lt;a href=\"https://t.co/7aPGMVZQQL\"&#gt;https://t.co/7aPGMVZQQL&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Micah Peterson-Brand (@MicahRules89) &#lt;a href=\"https://twitter.com/MicahRules89/status/712799316675461121\"&#gt;March 24, 2016&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;\n&#lt;script async src=\"//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;","width":550,"type":"rich","cache_age":"3153600000","provider_name":"Twitter","provider_url":"https://twitter.com","height":null,"version":"1.0"}
In fact, a quick scroll through Twitter and Facebook comments didn't reveal anyone who actually thought this was a good idea.
According to the Missouri House of Representatives website, the bill has been read twice but does not have a hearing scheduled and is not currently on a House calendar.
Huh.
