St. Louis Suffs. They're Yelling at the Top of Their Voice.

"It's a baseball game or a hockey match after all got down at people and drinking beer," he says. "If there had been an ethnic characterization to the St. Louis team, let's say that most of them had been ethnic Irish, ethnic or Italian or whatever." In 21st century America, that kind of feeling might sometimes express itself through a racially, you know, awkward expression shouldn't surprise us., writes Bob Greene.