But she has been around for the rest of it. Born in 1913, Dittle remembers all 10 World Series the Cardinals have won.

I help my uncle install carpet a couple days a week. This morning we put in carpet at a mausoleum. I couldn't help but notice many of the names and accompanying birth and death years. The majority of those interred there died 20 or more years ago, had lived into their 70's, but were born after 1908.

This is a sweet, harmless story, but lady, be content with the TEN championships your favorite team has won in your lifetime. Many lived their entire lives without getting one.

This is a sweet, harmless story, but lady, be content with the TEN championships your favorite team has won in your lifetime. Many lived their entire lives without getting one.

Yeah, I'll bet there's a 98 year old Rangers fan out there who has never seen his/her team win a championship. It's a nice story, but he'll, they've won in the past six years.

"One of my first memories, I was standing in a field in Mascoutah, and I had a bat and I was batting the ball. I still remember that," she said. "We played a lot of baseball when we were kids."

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Wow, an elderly Cardinals fan?

Yeah, I'll bet there's a 98 year old Rangers fan out there who has never seen his/her team win a championship. It's a nice story, but he'll, they've won in the past six years.

Seriously. BOO! to this greedy old lady.

The greatest fan who never knew the season starts in April!

I think "Angel Face" needs to be Holliday's nickname. Let's make that Galligan's legacy. What do you say?

Article is here, BTW. Not sure why the link redirects back on itself like that...

Article is here, BTW. Not sure why the link redirects back on itself like that...

Because you left the "URL" field blank when you submitted and the 25-year-old software doesn't validate that field. I've done that a couple times.

Thanks. I was wondering about that...

Cry me a river. She's already seen them win in her 90s.

#3: Not yet....

I think "Angel Face" needs to be Holliday's nickname.

So maybe it was just a very small angel that flew into his ear?

This is a sweet, harmless story, but lady, be content with the TEN championships your favorite team has won in your lifetime. Many lived their entire lives without getting one.

Yeah, I'll bet there's a 98 year old Rangers fan out there who has never seen his/her team win a championship. It's a nice story, but he'll, they've won in the past six years.

Seriously. BOO! to this greedy old lady.

Jeez, lucky for her she's not a Yankee fan, or you'd be begrudging her her 28th.

Yeah lady, shut up and die!

Of course she's rooting for her team to win another one, why wouldn't she? If my team won the next twelve world series in a row, I'm still gonna root for them to win the 13th. The rest of you can worry about whose turn it is.

Jeez, lucky for her she's not a Yankee fan, or you'd be begrudging her her 28th.

Well, Andy, there's a difference between rooting for one's home team and rooting for a bully. ;-) But you're right; this is mostly just a bunch of insufferable Cubs fans sucking on sour blue grapes. Eff em.

Of course she's rooting for her team to win another one, why wouldn't she? If my team won the next twelve world series in a row, I'm still gonna root for them to win the 13th. The rest of you can worry about whose turn it is.

I don't, won't, can't. In '04 I was ok with the Sox winning, though I wished it had been a better series. I grew up equally a Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers fan. This was the 80s; Cowboys were good but not dominant in the early part of the decade; also, they had Danny White who had played for the old WFL Grizzles. Pack wasn't good but they had a lefty QB, James Lofton as WR and fossilized Jan Sternrud as kicker, and their colors were also John Deere colors. In the early 90's after Jones bought the team and humiliated Coach Landry then used the draft to get really good, I got to the point that I could only root for the Cowboys to the extent that I hated the god damned 49ers, which was considerable. When the Pack got Favre I switched completely. The point is that I like my childhood teams until they get TOO good, then it's boring. Also, I like football and baseball as games with some sort of integrity; I support parity. Mostly, though, I hate bullies more than I have any particular loyalty to any team.

I grew up equally a Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers fan.

Until this very moment, I had an immense amount of respect for RETARDO.

*siiiiigh*

Pack wasn't good but they had a lefty QB, James Lofton as WR and fossilized Jan Sternrud as kicker

Was it that hard to type out Lynn Dickey?

Coffman at TE and and aging John Jefferson at WR weren't too bad either. No running game, that was their problem. Eddie Lee Ivery, give me a break.

Was it that hard to type out Lynn Dickey?

No, but I didn't like him for being Lynn Dickey; I liked him cuz he was lefty -- the only lefty starter at the time IIRC besides Jim Zorn.

Well, Andy, there's a difference between rooting for one's home team and rooting for a bully. ;-) But you're right; this is mostly just a bunch of insufferable Cubs fans sucking on sour blue grapes. Eff em.

Other than zachtoma's comment, which seemed to be in jest, I don't think anyone here has a problem with the lady rooting for the Cardinals (nor are they sucking on sour grapes - reread the fable). I just think the article is dumb because it's not even a good human interest story. "98 Year Old Woman Roots For Something That Has Already Happened a Bunch of Times" is just kinda lame. Especially when they're playing a team that has never won anything.

I just think the article is dumb because it's not even a good human interest story.

A better human interest story would be "Cards Lose Series; Deny Old Lady Her Death Wish!"

Or the Onionesque headline: "God Answers Old Lady's Prayers: NO".