Still, he said, "Cardinals fans love their team, but they don't usually cross the line."

No signs have emerged that Cardinals fans will turn on their team.

That central organizing principle, not just in the lives of Cardinals fans, but in baseball itself, is over.

Like many other teams, Cardinals fans have a gathering of their own before the start of the regular season.

Dean's country humor made him a popular favorite, particularly in the rural south and midwest where Cardinals fans were numerous.

Cardinals fans are like a college football crowd.

Lofton was 0 for 4 tonight, but he upset Cardinals fans again, throwing out a runner at home plate to end the third inning.

Even Cardinals fans, the most polite in baseball, were moved to boo.

Allen, meanwhile, was 1-4 with a 5.59 earned run average, and began incurring the wrath of Cardinals fans.

Cardinals fans feared Pujols would be gone the moment he and his bat hit the open market.