The Cardinals are the new Yankees

St. Louis just won't let anyone else have any fun

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St. Louis is headed back to the National League Championship Series for a third straight season after snuffing out the upstart Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday night. No one besides Cardinals fans and jerks wanted St. Louis to advance, mostly because it meant ending Pittsburgh's first winning season in two decades.

The Cardinals and their fan base would have you believe the team is a gritty bunch of underdogs, a personification of America at its purest, finest form. They are wrong. And kind of pompous. And, generally, obnoxious about how lovable and fuzzy the supposedly unheralded Cardinals are. ("Baseball paradise!" "Best fans in baseball!")

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Jon Terbush

Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.