In September 2006, this paper noted that in John Rooney's final year as play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Twins, the team won the World Series. Same thing when he worked for the Chicago White Sox. Though Rooney was in his first year as the Mike Shannon's partner in the Cardinals' radio booth, we wrote, "On behalf of championship-starved Cardinals fans everywhere, we say to John Rooney: 'Welcome to St. Louis. Now leave.'" Of course our tongue was planted firmly in cheek, but when the Cardinals put together their miraculous playoff run and won the World Series — well, frankly, we worried. Had we not made the classic error of mistaking correlation for causation? Would the Cardinals, for the first time in this paper's august history, actually listen to one of our suggestions? Thankfully, the answer to both questions was no, and no one is happier than we are to be wrong. See: We love John Rooney. He knows his baseball, calls a good game and has the right sense of humor to mesh perfectly with Mike "Heh, Heh, Heh" Shannon. As for what we wrote two years ago? Like a blown save by the Cardinals' bullpen, it's best forgotten quickly.
John Rooney
| Sep 25, 2014
Darren Pang
| Sep 26, 2013
Chris Duncan
| Sep 27, 2012
Mike Shannon
| Sep 22, 2011
Bernie Miklasz
| Sep 29, 2010
Joe Buck
| Sep 30, 2009
Mike Shannon
| Sep 26, 2007
John Rooney
| Sep 27, 2006
Al Hrabosky
| Sep 29, 2005
Joel Goldberg
| Sep 29, 2004
Joel Goldberg
| Sep 29, 2004
Frank Cusamano
KSDK-TV (Channel 5)
| Sep 24, 2003
Frank Cusamano
KSDK-TV (Channel 5)
| Sep 24, 2003
Skip Erwin
WGNU (920 AM)
| Sep 26, 2001
Skip Erwin
WGNU (920 AM)
| Sep 26, 2001