You can’t tell me St. Louis doesn’t deserve a football team or doesn’t have great fans. Just look at this crowd for the
@XFLBattlehawks
!
#Kakaw
#XFL2023
TV producers really been filming the wrong angle of the city for decades. The best angle is from the southwest on higher ground around SLU Med school as shown here.
Went over to checkout the Battlehawks tailgate north of the Dome in the old Rams’ tailgate lots. I’ve seen no less than a dozen of these flags flying today.
#Kroenkesucks
@espn
DECADE Triple Crown Winner. Look at the names on that list and also when they were done. Nobody post expansion did what Pujols did. 1st player in MLB history to have first 10 seasons .300/30HR/100RBIs. The best start to a career in likely any sport.
I’m gonna paint this scenario for everyone who loves STL sports:
It’s an April Saturday in ‘23. Cards have a 1:15 pm game and it’s Opening Weekend. The Battlehawks are kicking off at 3:15. Then the STL City SC game starts at 7:00 and Blues 1st round playoff at 8:30.
What a day
@XFLBattlehawks
If a guy hits a 64 yd FG to beat you, tip your cap. That’s not supposed to happen in this league, guy should be on a NFL roster tomorrow lol
@barstoolsports
The Rams were in STL 5 years before they won a SB. This was the crowd. The Rams have been back in LA 6 years now. I don’t want to hear excuses about not having time to build a fanbase
Just took a look at Ticketmaster, outside of a couple rows at midfield, The Dome is 99% sold out for the Battlehawks home opener. With almost 3 weeks until the opener, it’s seriously time to start considering opening the top and selling more tickets.
#FilltheTop
@XFLBattlehawks
You can either go to a
@Cardinals
game and pay $18 for a generic burger, or go to
@stlCITYsc
game and for $18 get authentic local STL food. Plus a drink cup at CITYPARK is $8.99 and free refills, cheaper than the smallest Busch soda. Gotta step it up Cards.
#stlcards
#AllForCITY
.
@XFLBattlehawks
Home Opener Ticket Sales Update:
I filtered for non-resale tickets, and as of this morning the last stretch of the 300 level behind the visitor section has been opened. This means the lower bowl and the rest of the 300 level are sold out.
#FilltheTop
People have labeled St. Louis a “baseball town, and pretty good hockey city” for a long time. And yet tonight 60k people were downtown split between two teams that were NOT named the Cardinals and Blues.
St. Louis is an all kinds of sports town!
In case you didn’t think St. Louis was a sports town:
60k fans came downtown to attend the Battlehawks/City SC games tonight
You can’t top this city’s passion for their teams
Tonight I learned that when crews are preparing for a “mass-casualty event” it does not mean anyone died, apparently it means crews are preparing for search and rescues that are dangerous enough to cause casualties. Keep this in mind for the Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville
@SportsCenter
@SethWickersham
“Mara spoke next and said Kroenke's change in position was ridiculous, and that if Kroenke had not agreed to indemnify the league, the owners wouldn't have voted for him to move.”
Translation: NFL knew the move from STL was fraudulent. STL should still have a team
@espn
Albert Pujols is top 10 lol. Arguably the second greatest RH hitter of all time behind Hammering Hank Aaron. He also won 2 gold gloves at 1B and his 11 years in STL was a plus defender. The fact he’s below Jeter is laughable, east coast bias.
We sacrificed the Blues playoff chances, CITY SC undefeated season streak, and the Battlehawks week 1 for this Cardinals win over the Dodgers lol
#Kakaw
#STLBlues
#AllForCITY
#FortheLou
The Battlehawks are the
#1
scoring offense in the UFL, lead by a QB throwing 40+ times a game, and currently lead the XFL Conference at 3-1.
This is the most exciting team in St. Louis at the moment. They deserve the support. Tickets are as low as $20. Let’s fill the Dome.
#UFL
Landed in STL tonight and catching a
@STLMetro
link train to Amtrak. It's hard to describe, but the "feeling" of safety onboard is remarkably different from many of my recent experiences on
@cta
. (🧵)
How many times in a season do the Rams have to be overrun in LA before people starting calling this a joke? 49ers, now Eagles. Every major team that comes into there overruns them.
Wild stat:
@XFLBattlehawks
AJ McCarron has more TDs (17) through 7 XFL games than Russell Wilson had TDs (16) in a 17 game NFL season last year.
McCarron may finish the season with more TDs and yards in 10 games than any STL Ram QB in 16 games the final 5 yrs. XFL MVP
#KaKaw
@barstoolsports
The Rams were in STL 5 years before they won a SB in 1999/2000. This was the crowd. The Rams have been back in LA 6 years now. I don’t want to hear excuses about not having time to build a fanbase
Enough is enough. It’s past time to start a petition to recall Kim Gardner as St. Louis Circuit Attorney. Her office is clearly unprepared and unfit to serve the great people of STL. 12k signatures are needed to force the issue. We can do this
Today, on the Riley case,
@StLouisCityCA
blamed a judge for ignoring GPS violations. But the courts just said that judges don't get notifications of violations -- attorneys on record do. It's their responsibility to alert the courts.
@StLouisCityCA
never did. 51 violations.
In last 8 STL MLS matches, here’s 5 different plays:
1st: TOR, lengthy VAR check, no pen for STL
2nd: ATX, no VAR check, no pen for STL
3rd: ORL, quick VAR check, pen for ORL
4th: SKC, no VAR check, no pen for STL
5th: LAG, quick VAR check, pen for LAG (TT’s tweet)
#AllForCITY
@SethWickersham
@ESPNNFL
“Mara spoke next and said Kroenke's change in position was ridiculous, and that if Kroenke had not agreed to indemnify the league, the owners wouldn't have voted for him to move.”
Translation: NFL knew the move from STL was fraudulent. STL should still have a team
@ParisNotHarris
@kenbone18
No such thing as throwing away your vote. Americans are our own worst enemy. Who in the heck said we were forced to vote democratic or republican? Many of the founders hated a 2 party system. With the corruption in both parties it would be a profound statement to vote for neither
@HamlerMileHigh
Someone had the big brain idea to pick top 2 in each division and not best record as the playoff format. The non Battlehawks division sucked but because it’s top 2 a losing team in that division got it, meanwhile 3 very good teams battled it out for 2 spots
Breaking: MO court of appeals denies NFL writ requesting trial be moved out of city of St. Louis. Trial will be held at Carnahan courthouse starting Jan. 10.
Potentially catastrophic hurricane-force winds are expected within the eyewall of Helene when it makes landfall in the Florida Big Bend region this evening. Preparations to protect life and property should be rushed to completion. Damaging and life-threatening hurricane-force
A minor league football team got a higher in market rating than the Cardinals Opening Day game (who usually finish near the top of in market MLB ratings).
I am going to tweet this at every single account from now on that posts STL is a baseball town only and Cards run off teams
This is pathetic and can’t believe the official KC campaign for their sales tax extension vote on new stadiums is bringing up STL at all. Just a reminder, Busch and CITYPARK were majority private funded in STL, and there was never a vote for $ for Rams whom committed fraud.
@latimes
Let me tell you now much of a bullshit excuse that is. When the Rams came to STL in 95, it was 8 years after the Cards left, who were in STL for 40 years. The Rams were a divisional foe, much like the Chargers coming to LA when LA loved the Raiders. Yet STL still packed playoffs
@stlcao
Nobody is twisting facts. It is a known fact the perpetrator has violated the terms of his parole by leaving his house over 50 times. It is a known fact that it is up to the prosecuting attorney to file charges with the judge when this happens. This is systematic failure
@espn
Brett Favre is the last guy to be giving contract advice when he held an entire franchise at mercy with how many times he said he was gonna retire. Aaron Rodgers had to sit for 4 years waiting
Around 60,000 sports fans swarmed into the downtown St. Louis area on Saturday night to see both of the city’s newest professional sports teams, the Battlehawks and St. Louis CITY SC.
The United Football League, the premier spring football league, today announced the eight teams competing in its inaugural season kicking off on March 30, 2024. The League will be divided into two conferences: USFL and XFL.
Read more:
@TheGameDayMLB
Here’s a pic of a recent game at Camden Yards. Entire upper deck is empty. This is for a winning team that hasn’t won in a long time. Not sure what’s going on in Baltimore other than the fact I may get suspended by their owner for posting this lol
The St. Louis CITY SC float caught fire at the Mardi Gras parade! The float itself was fine but the truck pulling it majorly overheated and burst into flames. Thankfully fire department was on hand quickly and everyone got out okay it appeared.
Regardless if Chiefs ultimately stay, messaging is same as what Demoff gave to St. Louis over the Rams. For all the KC fans that have clowned STL, should now look themselves in the mirror. Your team only values you for money and would do the exact same thing the Rams did.
Chiefs president Mark Donovan claims the team could explore leaving town if a sales tax to fund stadium renovations doesn’t pass April 2nd.
The Hunt family would like to contribute just $300 million to those $800 million renovations despite being worth an estimated $25 billion.
MLS owners on product strategy committee: Clark Hunt (FCD), Cliff Illig (SKC), Greg Kerfoot (Van), Merritt Paulson (POR), Adrian Hanauer (SEA), Lary Berg (LAFC)
These ppl are responsible for MLS roster rules; have handicapped the sport and led to this. Ironic a Hunt is involved
NEW: On Friday afternoon,
#MLS
announced that it will have its Next Pro developmental teams participate in the 2024 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup instead of its first teams.
The league will reassess participation for future iterations next winter. Report:
It is well past time to see Spags get another head coaching opportunity.
The team & organization he inherited in STL was a mess, nobody could have had success. Yet he changed the culture/staff & players believed. An amazing human deserving of the real shot we couldn’t give him
I will once again put out the call:
PACK THE DOME
Battlehawks maintain being the highest scoring offense in the UFL, and are setting themselves up for not just 1, but potentially 2 home playoff games at the Dome. We need 45k+ next week and break another attendance record.
#Kakaw
The Battlehawks currently have:
1. Hakeem Butler (XFL
#1
scoring WR and
#2
YDS)
2. Jahcour Pearson (XFL
#1
catching WR 1st in YDS and REC)
3. Max Borghi (XFL
#1
RB in PFF grade,
#3
in rushing TDs)
If AJ McCarron returns (last yr’s
#1
QB), that offense is
#1
in UFL
#Kakaw
The CEO of the UFL has issued a call to sell out The Dome for the UFL Championship. But first, the Battlehawks need to get there. We need everyone in attendance for the XFL Conference championship this Sunday!
#Kakaw
#UFL
St. Louis had 30k season ticket deposits within the first 30 minutes (and 50k within 24 hours) for the expansion CITY SC MLS franchise in comparison to what the new Utah NHL franchise is seeing in deposits
#AllForCITY
#NHL
I heard a rumor that the Chicago Fire offered up an allotment of 600 away supporters tickets to St. Louis CITY SC for the away game on May 13th. Likely will be the largest designated away section all season. St. Louis is showing up!
#AllForCITY
@espn
People see the last 5 years of his Angels career when he was over the age of 37 and that’s all they remember him for. Anyone alive from 2001-2011 remembers Cardinals Albert Pujols was unstoppable as one of the greats in any sport. Even his first 5 seasons in LA he put up numbers
The Cardinals and Blues really need to just get out from Ballys and either start their own direct to tv/streaming service or find another partner like NBC Sports. This is ridiculous that Ballys bankruptcy is actively affecting the tv broadcast here in STL
The NWSL is "definitely on the radar for something to invest in," CEO Carolyn Kindle said during a discussion at a Sports Business Journal conference this week in St. Louis.
While waiting out storms at Busch Stadium, met 2 guys from out of town: 1 from Indy and his friend who flew in from London. Both drove to STL today to catch the Cards game tonight + soccer game tomorrow. London guy said he can’t wait to exp soccer here.
#STLCards
#AllForCITY
Would it be too much to ask
@MattSebek
if we could get both Tkachuk and Tatum together to deliver the match ball to a CITY game with the trophies this season???
#AllForCITY
With the help of
@ChildrensMercy
, the Red Card campaign puts children's mental health at the forefront.
Bullying can lead to feelings of isolation, rejection, depression, and even thoughts of suicide. Our goal is to “Call it when we see it.”
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@PFF
Before anyone says “St. Louis doesn’t deserve a team”, let’s clear up some things:
1. The Rams left fraudulently. Period. If somebody stole your car do you tell your insurance company not to pay you? Leads to next point:
2. NFL is only considering expanding cuz of STL lawsuit
Breaking News: Cards are in discussions to trade for both Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani. Going to the Angels is Jordan Walker, Masyn Winn, Nolan Gorman, Matthew Liberatore, Tink Hence, Dylan Carlson, Anheuser Busch HQ, the St. Louis Arch, and the rights to Pujols HOF cap
#sarcasm
@TaeWFO
@ethnicohioan
What’s wrong with St. Louis? The best zoo in America (and it’s free), the last Little Italy of America (The Hill), Blues museum, Arch grounds, one of the largest city parks in US (Forest Park)
Matthew Tkachuk is a week removed from playing in the Stanley Cup Finals with a broken sternum and yet he made it back to STL for a CITY SC game. What a true STL family the Tkachuks are + Thomas (and welcome back Sunny)!
#AllforCity
#STLBlues
Meanwhile I park on the street 4 blocks north of CITYPARK downtown for free every game, and when STL adds NWSL it’ll also be free as well. And if it ever fills up I can take the Metrolink for cheap as well. All while being downtown and can walk to bars/restaurants.
#AllForCITY
@Vitorious13
@jprutherford
Josi signed pre-pandemic. Covid just reset the market. Everybody expected cap to keep climbing. Had Petro signed in fall to an extension like Josi did he would’ve gotten that money. Except now he’s in a worse spot. He won’t get Josi money because of what covid did
What sucks about the break-ins this weekend around Busch is that the Dewitt’s actively opposed a recently introduced BOA bill that would have required fencing, extra lighting, a parking attendant, as well as requiring lots to be clean and maintained downtown.
Wow, looks like Kansas City just overwhelmingly rejected extending sales tax for funding new Royals DT stadium/renovation of Arrowhead for Chiefs.
We’ll now see if relocation rumors were an empty threat for either team. Might be a move to KS, meaning STL would carry MO’s teams
@saintlouismayor
You launched a downtown task force a year and a half ago. The failure to police DT is as much a fault of you as it is the CA who let that guy violate his parole.
It’s beyond clear the CA can’t handle the caseload of her office and is unfit to serve.
The Bengals owner was 1 of 2 NFL owners to vote against the Rams moving to LA. If you didn’t root for the Bengals for being pro STL over the Chiefs then shame on you
@barstoolsports
FYI for people who didn’t think STL supported the Rams: the Rams went 15-65 in a 5 yr stretch, worst in NFL history under Kroenke. Even during that stretch The Dome never had less than 50k ppl, even outdrawing Game 4 of ‘13 WS at Busch. In comparison, Cincy had 47k pre-Burrow
@DawsonLee_2
@BenVerlander
His hot streak tear has started this last month. He’s locked in. He looks like vintage prime Albert Pujols right now. It’s crazy to think he’s 42.