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\n\tSince the dawn of MLB Interleague play in 1997, the I-70 Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals has been one of the more heated Interleague rivalries in baseball. <\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tPart of it is due to the 241-mile distance between Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium and St. Louis’ Busch Stadium. Part of it is due to the history between the two clubs, especially in the postseason. Regardless, when the Cardinals come to town, it tends to be one of the more heavily attended series of the season at the K.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tIf you ask any Royals fans which team they hate the most, if it isn’t the Yankees, it’s the Cardinals. That only adds more juice to any series at Kauffman series between the Birdos from Eastern Missouri.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tHence, in this article, with the Cardinals coming for a three-game series this weekend (Thursday, Friday, and Sunday), I will highlight five reasons why Royals fans care so much about the I-70 Series, even if the same sentiment is not shared by the “other” baseball team in Missouri.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tOne of the biggest reasons the I-70 series matters more to Royals faithful than to Cardinals fans is that the Cardinals already have a traditional rival: the Chicago Cubs.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tThe Cubs play in the same division as the Cardinals and hold a\u00a01,293-1,237 advantage over their St. Louis rival. They have also played each other much more in the postseason, with the Cubs holding a 3-1 record in modern postseason history (they beat the Cardinals 3-1 in the 2015 NLDS). When it comes to which shade of blue Cardinals fans dislike, it’s the Cubbie blue, not the Royals blue.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\tAnd Cubs fans share similar disdain for the Cardinals, with even the stadium staff partaking in the hate.\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\t\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \n\t\n\tCardinals Fans Don’t Look at the Royals as Their True “Rivals”<\/span>
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